"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" Quotes

I draw because words are too unpredictable.

I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.

You have to dream big to get big.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

Poverty doesn't give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance.

I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants.

I felt like a magician slicing myself in half, with Junior living on the north side of the river and Arnold living on the south.

I was born with water on the brain.

We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.

The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don’t know.