“Sometimes it's called passing out and sometimes it's just pretending to be asleep”
Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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Famous Sherman Alexie Quotes
Source: Flight: A Novel
“Is God a man or a woman? God could be an armadillo. I have no idea.”
Source: Reservation Blues: A Novel
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.”
“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. (191)”
“I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children”
“Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.”
Source: Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
“It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.”
Source: War Dances
Source: Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
“Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.”
“Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.”
Source: Reservation Blues: A Novel
“We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Source: Flight: A Novel
“That's the whole point of life, you know? To meet new people.”
“I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.”
“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”
Source: Flight: A Novel
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.”
Source: Reservation Blues: A Novel
Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
“And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.”
“When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.”
Source: The Best American Poetry 2015