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Sherman Alexie quotes

American Writer October 7, 1966

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Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don't wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is. Sherman Alexie
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes. By black and white. By Indian and white. But I know that isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: The people who are assholes and the people who are not. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because..."
Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained. Sherman Alexie
The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know. If you care about something enough, it's going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad. Sherman Alexie
When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only five years old, you know? I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore..."
I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children Sherman Alexie
The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when their emotional lives are just as complicated as ours. They might have a few less tools to deal with it because they're young, but the emotions are all the same, and the subject matter is all the same. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are..."
When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't..."
You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it. Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie quote: "Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about..."
Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor. Sherman Alexie
Grief is when you feel so helpless and stupid that you think nothing will ever be right again, and your macaroni and cheese tastes like sawdust, and you can't even jerk off because it seems like too much trouble. (172) Sherman Alexie
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
Sherman Alexie quote: "There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And..."
There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107) Sherman Alexie
As for romance, Frank had dated a few women over the years but found them to be too inconsistent and illogical, so he dated a few men and found them to be even more random and frightening. Sherman Alexie
Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion. Sherman Alexie

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