I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there.
Sherman AlexieYour 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.
Sherman AlexieBecause I'm an American, I know there's all sorts of international folks who would gladly kidnap and behead me.
Sherman Alexie