What You Pawn I Will Redeem Quotes

“I loved the smell of ocean water. Salt always smells like memory.”
― Sherman Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem

“Because they don’t want to be perfect, because only God is perfect, Indian people sew flaws into their powwow regalia. My family always sewed one yellow bead somewhere on our regalia. But we always hid it so that you had to search really hard to find it.”
― Sherman Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem

“The two funniest tribes I've ever been around are Indians and Jews, so I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide.”
― Sherman Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem