Quotes about Immigrant experience

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Push away the past, that vessel in which all emotions curdle to regret. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess
What is it about me that gets them all crying? It’s not the end of the world. — Diane Samuels, Kindertransport: A Drama
Soon we could barely recognize them. They were taller than we were, and heavier. They were loud beyond belief. I feel li — Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess
Would you like to come in?" I said. My hands were sweaty. Inside my chest an ocean heaved and crashed and heaved again." — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess
Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian i — Theodore J. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future: The Unabomber Manifesto
They might be talking in perfect latin tongue and without warning begin to talk in perfect anglo tongue and keep it up l — Yuri Herrera, Signs Preceding the End of the World
Thank God for immigrants. They're the only ones who have any personality left. They still allow themselves emotions, jud — Colin Quinn, The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America
It’s a great honor, m’ijo. We know that. I’m sure everyone in Ysleta is proud of you. But this is who you are," she said — Sergio Troncoso, From This Wicked Patch of Dust
As many Chinas as there were, there were that many Charleses as well. Every immigrant is the person he might have been a — Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World
Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
I hated seeing these spasmodic upside-down chicken heads stretching to puncture my flesh. I imagined once that they reac — Sergio Troncoso, The Last Tortilla: and Other Stories
My mother clutches at the collar of my shirt. I rub her back and feel her tears on my neck. It's been decades since our — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess
Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her heart g — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess
I have seen them stagger out of their movie palaces and blink their empty eyes in the face of reality once more, and sta — John Fante, Ask the Dust
Take the things from America that speak to you, that excite you, that inspire you, and be the Americans we all want to k — Eddie Huang
That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you sm — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
Asif Ali maneuvers the gleaming Mercedes down the labyrinthine lanes of Old Kolkata with consummate skill, but his passe — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Oleander Girl
Margaret looked at the ring on her finger. "Gran gave me this before we boarded the ship. It's the most special thing in — Meredith Jaeger, The Dressmaker's Dowry
In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, u — Upton Sinclair, The Jungle