592 Quotes by Sherman Alexie

He smiled mysteriously. Adults are so good at smiling mysteriously. Do they go to college for that?

Summer coming like a car from down the highway.

Seems like the cold would never go away and winter would be like the bottom of my feet but then it is gone in one night and in its place comes the sun so large and laughable.

I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else.

More and more, he heard his spine playing stick games through his skin, singing old dusty words, the words of all his years.

My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance.

Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint.

Everybody prayed; everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights.

And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.