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.

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  Events, Stories, World

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• Words are the only bread we can really share.

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  Bread, Share

  Luis Alberto Urrea (2002). “Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life”, p.58, University of Arizona Press

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• Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.

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  Laughter, Humanity, Viruses

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

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  Yesterday, Alive, Body

  Luis Alberto Urrea (2006). “The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel”, p.11, Hachette UK

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

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  Nails, Born, Hammered

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

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  People, Poverty, Common

  Luis Alberto Urrea (1993). “Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border”, Anchor

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

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  Mood, Terrible

  Luis Alberto Urrea (2006). “The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and personality of an accordion in three strokes. I didn't even know accordions had character. This act of generosity and wisdom from a very good writer will help anyone who is staring at a blank page, any day, any time. Highly recommended.

  Luis Alberto Urrea

  Mistake, Writing, Character

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