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

--

Source : FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Jan 30, 2015

Sherman Alexie

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.”
“A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.”
“Forests are the lungs of our land......”
“He doesn't have super powers or the biggest, baddest gun. The point isn't how many people you can kill or how you kill them. He is there to fight piracy, greed, and cruelty in all their forms on land and sea”
“It is those very things that we are most afraid to do that provide the greatest liberation and growth for us.”
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
“The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.”
“God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'”

You may also like:

Chris Eyre
Film director
Ellen Forney
Cartoonist
Jess Walter
Author
Junot Diaz
Writer
Leslie Marmon Silko
Writer
Louise Erdrich
Writer
Roger Angell
Essayist
Sandra Cisneros
Writer
Timothy Egan
Author