These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is 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. Now, these skeletons are made of memories, dreams, and voices. And they can trap you in the in-between, between touching and becoming. But they’re not necessarily evil, unless you let them be.
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back … - Sherman Alexie
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, "Go back …
- Sherman Alexie
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination. - Sherman Alexie
When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.
These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. M… - Sherman Alexie
These are things you should learn. Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you; your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. M…
I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them… - Sherman Alexie
I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don't write to protect them…
If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing. - Sherman Alexie
If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.
Don't live up to your stereotypes. - Sherman Alexie
Don't live up to your stereotypes.
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing. - Sherman Alexie
He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.
If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything. - Sherman Alexie
If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.
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. - Sherman Alexie
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.
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