"I was emotionally erect."
- Sherman Alexie
"But, in the Trump aftermath, I've measured the costsAnd benefits of loving those who don't loveStrangers. After all, I'm often the odd one—The strangest stranger—in any field or room."He was weird" wi..."
"He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both drunk. Everything familiar and welcome. Everything beautiful."
"If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads."
"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting..."
"Summer coming like a car from down the highway."
"Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable."
"What is it like to be a Spokane Indian without wild salmon? It is like being a Christian if Jesus had never rolled back the stone and risen from his tomb."
"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)"
"Pain is never added to pain. It multiplies."