A Dream Called Home Quotes

“immigrants are artists because they create a life, a future, from nothing but a dream.”
― Reyna Grande, A Dream Called Home

“You are now bilingual, bicultural, and binational. You are not less. You are more.”
― Reyna Grande, A Dream Called Home

“went home thinking about the duality of being an immigrant, our split identities, the cleaving of our hearts and bodies—half of our heart remained in our homeland, the other was here with us. One foot remained rooted in our native soil while with our other foot we dug into American soil to anchor ourselves and weather the storm.”
― Reyna Grande, A Dream Called Home

“Anzaldúa wrote: “I am a turtle. Wherever I go, I carry my home on my back.” It was then that I understood what I needed to do. If I could become a turtle and build a home that I could carry on my back, I would never feel homeless again.”
― Reyna Grande, A Dream Called Home

“One foot remained rooted in our native soil while with our other foot we dug into American soil to anchor ourselves and weather the storm.”
― Reyna Grande, A Dream Called Home