Quotes From "Flight" By Sherman Alexie

I hate my country. There are so many rich people who don't share their shit. They're like spoiled little ten-year-old bullies on the playground. They hog the monkey bars and the slide and the seesaw. And if you complain even a little bit, if you try to get just one spin on the merry-go-round, the bullies beat the shit out of you. Sherman Alexie

They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents. Sherman Alexie

Pulling me into his arms, he trailed light kisses from my ear to my neck, almost making me forget how late I was running. I pushed him away. “You better stop that, or we’re never getting out of here.”“ My thoughts exactly. Alyssa Rose Ivy

Innocent tourists? You make me sound like the big bad wolf.”“ And you’re not?” I questioned.“ Only if you’re Red Riding Hood, ” he said flirtatiously.“ Wow, that’s original. Alyssa Rose Ivy

I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else. I learned how to be cold and numb. Sherman Alexie

If you put your heart, mind and soul into it, there's nothing you can't do! Jason A. Cheek

I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame Sherman Alexie