Take revenge or move on.....? Move on to take revenge

She thought she could be saved. She thought he could take her hand and owldance her around the circle. She thought she could watch him fancydance, watch his calf muscles grow more and more perfect with each step. She thought he was Crazy Horse.

A century ago she might have been beautiful, her face reflected in the river instead of a mirror. But all the years have changed more than the shape of our blood and eyes. We wear fear now like a turquoise choker, like a familiar shawl.

What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.

Imagine Columbus landed in 1492 and some tribe or another drowned him in the ocean. Would Lester FallsApart still be shoplifting in the 7-11?

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

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody&#39;s writing about them. They&#39;re really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations.

After years of sleeping together, I still love to stay up late after you've passed into sleep so I can hear you say things you would never repeat when awake. It's like loving two people, each distinct and beautiful, as night from day as you from me, all of us together forming a continuous grace.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

Sherman Alexie

Quotes by Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

Written By Sherman Alexie

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