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Sherman Alexie

"Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint."

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"Lies have short shelf lives. Lies go bad. Lies rot and stink up the joint."

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"Because I want to be remembered."
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"Everybody prayed, everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights."
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"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation."
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"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."
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