Sohaila

“Beyond mountains there are mountains.” - Haitian proverb”
― Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

“I came to understand that in the United States, land of the fabled American dream, it is un-American to be a refugee. The refugee embodies fear, failure, and flight. Americans of all kinds believe that it is impossible for an American to become a refugee, although it is possible for refugees to become Americans and in that way be elevated one step closer to heaven.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees

“I am a refugee, an American, and a human being, which is important to proclaim, as there are many who think these identities cannot be reconciled.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees

“Even if refugees, undocumented immigrants, and legal immigrants are not all potential billionaires, that is no reason to exclude them. Even if their fate is to be the high-school dropout and the fast-food cashier, so what? That makes them about as human as the average American, and we are not about to deport the average American (are we?).”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees