Sherman Alexie

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

— Sherman Alexie

#food #god #food

She wanted to find a way to love them in death, because she forgot how to love them in life. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#death

One play can determine the course of a game. One play can change your momentum forever. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#change

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

— Sherman Alexie

#age

He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better than his real life. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#life

(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family? (24) ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#friendship #family

Sure, we thought the acres That we tilled were sacred, But how could we have known That wheat can haunt like ghosts ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#family-farm #poem #poetry #sherman-alexie #short-poems

Then I remember that God is really, really old. So maybe God has God arthritis. And maybe that's why the world sucks. Maybe God's hands and fingers don't work as well as they used to. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#god #old-age #state-of-the-world #age

He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not green. He says everything is a matter of perception. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#inspirational

(So I heard the boom of my fathr's rifle when he shot my best friend.) A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.(14) ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#death #friendship #poor #poverty #death