Sherman Alexie Quotes
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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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Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier.
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I know a lot about being white - because I have to, I live in the white world. A white person doesn't live in the Indian world. I have to be white every day.
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There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons.
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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.
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I love to scare the already terrified assholes.
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White Americans have a short memory.
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I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children
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Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian writers usually say "God," "Mother Earth," "Human Being, Dog, and Bird."
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
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If it's fiction, then it better be true.
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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I look more Indian when I'm serious.
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The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
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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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I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.
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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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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.
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In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
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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.
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Don't live up to your stereotypes.
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We all have to find our own ways to say good-bye.
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Somebody dies and people eat your food. Funny how that works.
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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.'