• Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?

    Sherman Alexie: Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?
    "True Diary of a Part-Time Indian". Book by Sherman Alexie, www.theguardian.com. 2007.