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You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
Sherman Alexie
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White Americans have a short memory.
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My father is an amazing man.
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I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them. It's far too late for that. I write to give them weapons-in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.
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We only know how to lose and be lost.
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Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
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There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away.
Sherman Alexie
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I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.
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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.
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When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.
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All I owe the world is my art.
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It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.
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I look more Indian when I'm serious.
Sherman Alexie
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If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.
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In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'
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I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.
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I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.
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He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.
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She was in pain and I loved her, sort of loved her, I guess, so I kind of had to love her pain, too.
Sherman Alexie