Hailie

“Like the homeless, refugees are living embodiments of a disturbing possibility: that human privileges are quite fragile, that one's home, family, and nation are one catastrophe away from being destroyed.”
― 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

“I am a bad refugee because I insist on seeing the historical reasons that create refugees and the historical reasons for denying refugee status to certain populations.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees

“I think of the novelist Haruki Murakami, who compares writing a novel to digging a hole through deep rock to reach a source of water.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees