The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know. Sherman Alexie More Quotes by Sherman Alexie More Quotes From Sherman Alexie I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal. Sherman Alexie strongmenthinking I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant. Sherman Alexie elephantseggsfeels You can't sustain [anger]. You become bitter. Nothing's going to change. Anger leads to resentment, then to spiking your orange juice, then to martyrdom. Sherman Alexie orange-juicebitterresentment At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future. Sherman Alexie mapsrealizingnight Everyone I have lost in the closing of a door the click of the lock is not forgotten, they do not die but remain within the soft edges of the earth, the ash of house fires and cancer in sin and forgiveness huddled under old blankets dreaming their way into my hands, my heart closing tight like fists. - "Indian Boy Love Song #1 Sherman Alexie cancerdreamsong How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian. Sherman Alexie selflongkids We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body. Sherman Alexie bodybreadjesus Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated. Sherman Alexie decentheropeople Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds. Sherman Alexie mindlittlespeople She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my father said. 'She was keeping the rest for herself. Nobody can give everything away. It ain't healthy. Sherman Alexie healthygivingfather Let us now celebrate the literary allusion. Sherman Alexie allusioncelebrate She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks. Sherman Alexie buriedcoffinsused My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world. Sherman Alexie parentbookschool Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle? Sherman Alexie circlesrevenge My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror. Sherman Alexie mirrorswritingmean The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books. Sherman Alexie bookpeopleyears Like officer Dave.He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other. Sherman Alexie davesmellsaid I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there. Sherman Alexie careerswholekids [F]rank knew he was guilty of arrogance and misanthropy, but he compensated by being kind to strangers and tipping really well at restaurants. Sherman Alexie tippingbe-kindarrogance The streetlight outside my house shines on tonight and I'm watching it like it could give me a vision. James ain't talked ever and he looks at that streetlight like it was a word and maybe like it was a verb. James wanted to streetlight me and make me bright and beautiful so all the moths and bats would circle me like I was the center of the world an held secrets. Sherman Alexie shine-oncirclesbeautiful
