May 2012
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Some people said that Norma took a woman home with her once in a while, too....
– Sherman Alexie, “Somebody Kept Saying Powwow.” (via booksnippets)
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April 2012
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Very early on in writing the series, I remember a female journalist saying to me...
– J.K. Rowling, The Women of Harry Potter (via yerawizardharry)
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Imagine an escape. Imagine that your own shadow on the wall is a perfect door.
– Sherman Alexie, “Imagining the Reservation.” (via booksnippets)
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Can you hear the dreams crackling like a campfire? Can you hear the dreams...
– Sherman Alexie, “The First Annual All-Indian Horseshoe Pitch and Barbecue.” (via booksnippets)
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Book Snippets →
If you’re a bookish type who enjoys my Tumblings, you may also like my book-quotes blog, Book Snippets. It posts but once a day, and it may even give you inspiration and/or amusement.
/shameless plugging
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neon-loneliness:love-and-radiation:
I think the problem with job postings that “welcome people of visible minority groups and different sexual orientations” is that I can’t really have I’M A BIG HOMO at the top of my cover letter. How do I indicate that? Is there some font choice that signals it?
#WHAT IS THE GAY FONT? #IS IT GARAMOND? #IT’S GARAMOND ISN’T IT?
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I know I’ve told this story before, but my abusive ex refused to let me take...
– Curious Georgiana (via sexistmorons)
why planned parenthood is important reason #152309354 (via rattier)
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All I can do is take solace in the fact that everything’s fine, because...
– 4 Fun Places That Are Terrifying for Awkward People | Cracked.com
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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...
– Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum (via sleepylotus) — <3 Louise Erdrich.
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At some point, you finally just have to decide which doomed path you’re...
– The 4 Easiest Ways to Accidentally Ruin Your Relationship | Cracked.com
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He’s going to change the world. He’s going to dynamite Mount Rushmore or hijack...
– Sherman Alexie, “Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother Is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation.” (via booksnippets)
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I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were...
– Sherman Alexie, “Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother Is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation.” (via booksnippets)
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Maybe he’s only a few years old but he’s got eyes that are ancient and old and...
– Sherman Alexie, “Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother Is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation.” (via booksnippets)
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“In retrospect, it’s obvious that they couldn’t have cared less. For me, though, it was the Ultimate in Shame. I had publicly, openly wanted something. And I had failed. Mom had warned me not to count my chickens before they hatched. And she was right! Ever since then, I’ve maintained this mandate: Never tell people what you really want - that way, if you fail, no one...