--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
“Traveling between Reardan and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt like a stranger. I was half Indian in one place and half white in the other. It was like being Indian was my job, but it was only a part-time job. And it didn’t pay well at all.”
--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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“Zitty and lonely, I woke up on the reservation as an Indian, and somewhere on the road to Readan, I became something less than Indian. And once I arrived at Reardan, I became something less than less than less than Indian.”
--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie “Reardan was the opposite of the rez. It was the opposite of my family. It was the opposite of me. I didn’t deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don’t deserve shit.”
--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie “I stayed on the ground for a long time after Rowdy walked away. I stupidly hoped that time would stand still if I stayed still. But I had to stand eventually, and when I did, I knew that my best friend had become my worst enemy.”
--The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie |