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A review by kattiepants
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
4.0
You can tell by my list of favorite quotes from this book that I loved it. It hit pretty close to home for me. There is a lot about alcoholism, and family problems. This book is darkly funny, by that I mean it will have you laughing during the grandmother's funeral. It is fiction of course, but it also made me realize a lot of things about the Native American culture that I never really thought of before (even though my mother swears we are some fraction Native American.) I guess when you are removed from situations, it's easy to forget that other people might be struggling.
Fave quotes:
“If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.”
“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”
“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”
“If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.”
“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”
“There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away."
“Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?”
“I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children”
“We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.”
“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”
"“Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could."
Fave quotes:
“If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.”
“Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.”
“I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”
“If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.”
“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”
“There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away."
“Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?”
“I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children”
“We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.”
“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”
"“Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could."