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“I learned how to stop crying.
I learned how to hide inside of myself.
I learned how to be somebody else.
I learned how to be cold and numb.”

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Sherman Alexie книга Flight

Источник: Flight

“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Источник: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”

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Sherman Alexie

Источник: The Toughest Indian in the World

“I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.”

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Sherman Alexie

“We all have to find our own ways to say good-bye.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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)”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”

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Sherman Alexie книга Flight

Источник: Flight

“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. Arnold, get mad.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

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Sherman Alexie

“Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.”

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Sherman Alexie

“That's right, I am a book kisser.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.”

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Sherman Alexie

Источник: Ten Little Indians

“We're all travelling heavy with illusions.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Источник: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

“If it's fiction, then it better be true.”

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Sherman Alexie

Источник: The Toughest Indian in the World

“I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.”

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Sherman Alexie

“Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling,' she used to say. 'Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“Coach said. "the quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor".”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.”

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Sherman Alexie книга The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Источник: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian