Across a Hundred Mountains Quotes

“She saw a roach pass by her foot, and she instantly lifted it up and brought it down on the roach. She didn’t want anyone to see her shame. Not even roaches.”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains

“What's the border, Papi?'
'Hills,' Her father whispered. 'Hills and bushes, that's all it is. But we must walk across it.'
'Papi, if it's just land, why can't we take the bus all the way there. Why must we walk across?'
'Because we don't have papers, Carmen. And even though it is just land, it represents a wall. We must go like thieves.'
Juana wished she could ask what the father meant by that. Hills and bushes, that's what the border was. How strange.”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains

“Juana ran her hand over her mother’s face. “One day”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains

“I made a choice and I must live with it.”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains

“Some spit fire out of their mouths and others juggled balls or pins, their faces painted to look like clowns. Juana wondered if they did that to hide their real faces and not feel ashamed.”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains

“Some things can't be undone.”
― Reyna Grande, Across a Hundred Mountains