“If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.” ChildrenBookParentBanner Author:Sherman Alexie
“I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.” BelieveChildrenBookReadingI BelieveParentAbilityCuriosityJudgementCensorship Author:Sherman Alexie
“I refuse to censor myself and kids will find their own way to my books and to all of the books that matter to them. As I write more honestly more kids will make their way toward me. And in subverting their repressive parents kids will learn the value of subverting the repressive nature of all authority figures.” WritingBookKidsValuesParentAuthorityHonestly Author:Sherman Alexie
“My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes can also be brown-skinned.” ChristianParentFundamentalist Author:Sherman Alexie
“My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.” WorldBookSchoolParentPoorStudyTribesSaddest Author:Sherman Alexie
“Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach me how to be Irish and Indian. But they're not here and haven't been for years, so I'm not really Irish or Indian. I am a blank sky, a human solar eclipse.” IfsWorldYearsHumansWould BeParentTeachSkyHavensIndianBlankEclipseSolar Eclipse Book:Flight: A Novel Source: Flight: A Novel
“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.” ThinkingYearsAgeParentFiveAbsenceFive YearsFive Year Olds Author: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.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsMatterParentLosesHurtFiveAbsenceFive YearsIt HurtsOld YouFive Year Olds Author:Sherman Alexie
“I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children” ChildrenParentCan DoWorstI've LearnedWorst Things Author:Sherman Alexie
