Sherman Alexie Quotes

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

• Bitter
• Resentment
• Juice
• Orange
• Martyrdom

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• 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
  • Bitter
  • Resentment
  • Juice