Sherman Alexie: Quotes about books

“What kind of life can you have in a house without books?”

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

“That's right, I am a book kisser.”

“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”

“Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads.”

“Books and beer are the best and worst defense.”

“I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.”

“You should approach each book -- you should approach life -- with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.”

“My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.”

“Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.”