Quotes from Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

            1) “But Rowdy hated me. And Roger hated me. I was good at being hated by guys who could kick my ass. It’s not a talent you really want to have. “ Page 68.

            I thought this quote was very funny. Junior was going through a hard time transferring between schools and he didn’t have many friends. The fact that he said guys who could kick his ass hated him was a talent he didn’t want to have cracked me up! He took something that was a struggle for him and made it into a joke. The quote shows the theme of Junior not fitting in anywhere. After he left Rowdy at the reservation, he no longer had his best friend. Then he went and knocked out the popular guy at his new school. Nothing was going right in the friend department for Junior.

            2) “And that made me cry. Man, I’ve always cried too easily. I cry when I’m happy or sad. I cry when I’m angry. I cry because I’m crying. It’s weak. It’s the opposite of warrior.” Page 75.

            I liked this quote because it reminded me of myself. I cry over a lot of things that aren’t very necessary. When he says that crying is weak and it is the opposite of being a warrior makes me think about how I feel when I am crying and how I am being weak. I don’t always like when I cry because sometimes it is for dumb reasons. When I think I am crying for a dumb reason I know I am being weak.

This quote shows the theme of Junior trying to be the strong warrior he wants to be but never acts like it. 

            3) ““Where do you want to go?” I asked “Everywhere. I want to walk on the Great Wall of China. I want to walk to the top of pyramids in Egypt. I want to swim in every ocean. I want to climb Mount Everest. I want to go on an African safari. I want to ride a dogsled in Antarctica. I want all of it. Every single piece of everything.”” Page 111

            Penelope says this quote when Junior and her are talking about their dreams. When Penelope says this in the book Junior laughs at her at first, then he sees that she is being serious. Penelope wants to get out of the small town she was raised in and wants to travel the earth. I liked this quote because I want to travel the world more than anything else. That is one of my big dreams in life. When Penelope says this, I am reminded of dreams of my own.  I dream about swimming in an ocean like the picture above.