Ellis Island Quotes

“In this way, I was able to place my own concerns aside and curl myself up in the cocoon of somebody else's imagination. My life was suspended - I was in neither one place nor the other.”
― Kate Kerrigan, Ellis Island

“longed to be in the company of people who knew and loved me. I was starting to forget who I was, and”
― Kate Kerrigan, Ellis Island: A Novel

“America had planted the seed of freedom in my heart, but it was the rich soil of home that had enabled it to grow.”
― Kate Kerrigan, Ellis Island