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Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood.

Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Our power comes from the earth

Our power comes from the earth

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Who was to say that God did not use the coyote's teeth to eat His gifts?

Who was to say that God did not use the coyote's teeth to eat His gifts?

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Roses denote grace.

Roses denote grace.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Is it a crime to want to be good? she cried

Is it a crime to want to be good? she cried

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: If it was the Border Patrol's job to apprehend lawbreakers, it was equally their duty to save the lost and the dying.

If it was the Border Patrol's job to apprehend lawbreakers, it was equally their duty to save the lost and the dying.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Listen carnales listen to the hymn of it, the lie of it, the prayer of it, the voices singing our names: listen it's our story, it's our song,

Listen carnales listen to the hymn of it, the lie of it, the prayer of it, the voices singing our names: listen it's our story, it's our song,

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Gringos! They have copied us again

Gringos! They have copied us again

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: The world looked to them like a great roll of butcher paper unfurled on a table.

The world looked to them like a great roll of butcher paper unfurled on a table.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: I am in the earth and the earth is in me

I am in the earth and the earth is in me

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.

Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: If you were born to be a nail, you had to be hammered.

If you were born to be a nail, you had to be hammered.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.

The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: They breathed. They felt their lungs fill the sky, and they let the dark clouds inside them flow out. Then they connected to the earth.

They breathed. They felt their lungs fill the sky, and they let the dark clouds inside them flow out. Then they connected to the earth.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.

Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Life shifting, as life does

Life shifting, as life does

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: On that long westward morning, all Mexicans still dreamed the same dream. They dreamed of being Mexican. There was no greater mystery.

On that long westward morning, all Mexicans still dreamed the same dream. They dreamed of being Mexican. There was no greater mystery.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: If only Mexico paid their workers a decent wage.

If only Mexico paid their workers a decent wage.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Words are the only bread we can really share.

Words are the only bread we can really share.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.

Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.

Luis Alberto Urrea quotes: My friend,' he said, 'no one is more ired of religion than a priest.

My friend,' he said, 'no one is more ired of religion than a priest.