Sherman Alexie

“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”

“If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the world, then it's not a waste of time.”

“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”

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

“We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination. And that is whether we give up or keep going.”

“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”

“I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.”

“Travel is rebellion in its purest form.”