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"30 Sherman Alexie Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 7 October 1966 | Novelist | Writer | Poet | Filmmaker |

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

Let people Your life Be pretty Amazing
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Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

Life Constant struggle An individual A member
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

You're good Love it Navigate The river
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Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.

Poverty Give you Strength Teach you
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The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

The world Smallest parts Is filled With things
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What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

What kind Life You have A house
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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.

You care About something You cry Use it
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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.

One reads Enough books Fighting chance Survival increase
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I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn't have a telescope, so I was just an idiot.

Was studying The sky An astronomer Daytime
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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.

Suddenly understand Every moment A book Taken seriously
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You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much too.

You have Love somebody Hate them
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I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children.

I've learned Worst thing A parent Is ignore
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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.

Your past A skeleton One step Behind you
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When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

It comes To death That laughter Tears
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When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

You resort To violence A point Profound failure
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Books and beer are the best and worst defense.

Books Beer The best Worst defense
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You should approach each book you should approach life-with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.

Should approach Each book Approach life Real possibility
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That's the whole point of life, you know? To meet new people.

Whole point Of life New people
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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.

In pain Loved her Her pain
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Somebody dies and people eat your food. Funny how that works.

Somebody dies People eat Your food Funny
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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.

My school My tribe We have Study
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Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.

To read A book Three times Know it
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And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.

Believe me Make anybody The existence God
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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.

We danced Under wig Unfinished wall Broken promises
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In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.

The middle Drunk life The good Sober moments
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It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.

Not oil That runs The world It's shame
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Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?

Estranged from The tribe No protection The soul
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I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.

Interested The truth The way Things
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But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

Also addicted Books Human being Television show
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Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.

Funny how Little politeness Can change People's mind
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Sherman Alexie Quotes & Sayings