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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.
— Luis Alberto Urrea The Hummingbird's Daughter
Tags: life, death

Other Quotes by "Luis Alberto Urrea"

I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.
— Luis Alberto Urrea
Tags: identity, believe, racism, family
When I was a little boy in Tijuana, it was wonderland. We left when I was probably four - I was dying of tuberculosis.
— Luis Alberto Urrea
Tags: four, dying, left, boy
I read most often in bed as part of my attempted sleep ritual. But I spend a lot of time reading on planes and in hotels, too.
— Luis Alberto Urrea
Tags: bed, reading, sleep, time
I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.
— Luis Alberto Urrea
Tags: theme, karma, political, grace
I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses.
— Luis Alberto Urrea
Tags: trying, literature, always, people
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