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Cristina Henriquez quotes: I saw us from above, from the sky, two flecks of being connected at the edge of the wide, pale ocean, lost to everything but each other.

I saw us from above, from the sky, two flecks of being connected at the edge of the wide, pale ocean, lost to everything but each other.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: Because a place can do many things against you, and if it's your home or if it was your home at one time, you still love it. That's how it

Because a place can do many things against you, and if it's your home or if it was your home at one time, you still love it. That's how it works.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to ignore

I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to ignore

Cristina Henriquez quotes: I know some people here think we're trying to take over, but we just want to be a part of it. We want to have our stake. This is our

I know some people here think we're trying to take over, but we just want to be a part of it. We want to have our stake. This is our home, too.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.

You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: Armando's not a pork chop, I say. She shrugs. At least a pork chop would feed you.

Armando's not a pork chop, I say. She shrugs. At least a pork chop would feed you.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: I understood how easily and how quickly things could be snatched away.

I understood how easily and how quickly things could be snatched away.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world.

I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: And I would discover how much of life is defined by what you want to keep and what you are forced to lose.

And I would discover how much of life is defined by what you want to keep and what you are forced to lose.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: But it was only a word - justice. It was only a concept, and it wasn't enough.

But it was only a word - justice. It was only a concept, and it wasn't enough.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: The truth was that I didn't know which I was. I wasn't allowed to claim the thing I felt and I didn't feel the thing I was supposed to claim.

The truth was that I didn't know which I was. I wasn't allowed to claim the thing I felt and I didn't feel the thing I was supposed to claim.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories.

Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: Sleep was like wealth, elusive and for other people.

Sleep was like wealth, elusive and for other people.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: The characters were not unknown because they were illegal or didn't have the documents but because people didn't want to know them.

The characters were not unknown because they were illegal or didn't have the documents but because people didn't want to know them.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: Physical nearness does not necessarily breed intimacy.

Physical nearness does not necessarily breed intimacy.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: There were torn between wanting to look back and wanting to exist absolutely in the new life they'd created

There were torn between wanting to look back and wanting to exist absolutely in the new life they'd created

Cristina Henriquez quotes: I feel like elements of race and identity and ethnicity are sort of missing in all of literature, not just in women's literature.

I feel like elements of race and identity and ethnicity are sort of missing in all of literature, not just in women's literature.

Cristina Henriquez quotes: People do what they have to in this life. We try to get from one end of it to the other with dignity and with honor. We do the best

People do what they have to in this life. We try to get from one end of it to the other with dignity and with honor. We do the best we can.