“But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.”

—  Sherman Alexie , book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Source: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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Native American author and filmmaker 1966

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