Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Well, I hate to argue with a Russian genius, but Tolstoy didn't know Indians, and he didn't know that all Indian families are unhappy for the same exact reasons: the frikkin' booze.
Sherman AlexieI had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.
Sherman AlexieWhen it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
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