Sherman Alexie, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Quotes

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.

I often wonder why I am the one who remember all the pain?

There are family mysteries I cannot solve. There are family mysteries I am unwilling to solve.

An Indian’s wealth   Is determined by what they lose And not by what they save.

Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive.

You’re always making up stuff from the past, ” she said. “And the stuff you imagine is always better than the stuff that actually happened.

I didn’t yet know that romantic heroes—famous and not—are usually aimless nomads in disguise.