Quotes from the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only five years old, you know? I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

—Sherman Alexie in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too.

—Sherman Alexie in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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About Sherman Alexie

Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington.

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