Sherman Alexie Quotes

But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.

Sherman Alexie

• Wall
• Broken
• Promise
• Empty
• Unfinished
• Cupboards

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• But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • Wall
  • Broken
  • Promise