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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

Sherman Alexie

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Listen. I don't know how or when My grieving will end, but I'm always Relearning how to be human again.”

“This is who I am. This is who I have always been. I am in pain. I am always in pain. But I always find my way to the story. And I always find my way home.”

“What about me?” I asked. “Am I mean?” “You aren’t mean to me with words,” she said. “You’re mean to me with your silences.”

“Is the air okay?" I texted. "It hurts a little to breathe," my sister texted back. "But we're okay." Jesus, I thought, is there a better and more succinct definition of grief than It hurts a little to breathe, but we're okay?”

“There are family mysteries I cannot solve. There are family mysteries I am unwilling to solve.”

“The world is too fucking big. Sometimes, I can't even carry myself through all the love and fear.”

“So I wonder: Will a person who has drowned, Or almost drowned, always feel Like they're drowning, Even after they've been saved?”

“In 2016, white conservatives elected as president a serial liar who is likely the most fearful and paranoid and wildly insecure white man who has ever run for office. And those white folks elected him because they believe they are victims. Yes, I am a Spokane Indian-an indigenous American-who grew up with white folks who think this country is being stolen from them. Hahahahahaahahahahaahahahaahahaha.”

“But a person can be genocided-can have every connection to his past severed- and live to be an old man whose rib cage is a haunted house built around his heart.”

“So we must forgive all those Who trespass against us? Fuck that shit. I’m not some charitable trust. There are people I will hate Even after I’m ashes and dust.”

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Book Keywords:

grief, world, loss, mourning, fear, love, family, pain, family-relationships, life, family-drama, overwhelmed, politics

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