Carmen Ochoa

“So I wonder: Will a person who has drowned,
Or almost drowned, always feel
Like they're drowning,
Even after they've been saved?”
― Sherman Alexie, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

“It's strange, to not be the youngest kind of adult anymore”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

“We all laughed and laughed
Because, yes, my mother was
Exactly the kind of mortal
Who challenged the Gods.

She was the reservation Medea.
She was the indigenous Antigone.
But just imagine how it felt to be
Her fragile child. I never stopped

Being afraid of her. I never left
That dark porch. I am still
Sleeping with those dogs.”
― Sherman Alexie, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

“I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I could write “I don’t know” one million times and publish that as my memoir. And, yes, it would be repetitive, experimental, and more metaphor than history, but it would also be emotionally accurate.”
― Sherman Alexie, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me