Sherman Alexie - Thomas Quotes

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Thomas: Sometimes it's a good day to die, and sometimes it's a good day to have breakfast.

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Nurse: You guys are like the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
Thomas: We're more like Tonto and Tonto.

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Thomas: Hey Victor! I'm sorry 'bout your dad.
Victor: How'd you hear about it?
Thomas: I heard it on the wind. I heard it from the birds. I felt it in the sunlight. And your mom was just in here cryin'.

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Victor: White people won't respect you if you don't look mean. You have to look like a warrior, like you just got back from killing a buffalo.
Thomas: But our tribe never hunted buffalo. We were fishermen.
Victor: What, you want to look like you just caught a fish? This isn't Dances with Salmon, you know!

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