IJ Herron

“America has nothing to fear from these newcomers, that they have come here for the same reason that families came here 150 years ago—all those who fled Europe’s famines and wars and unyielding hierarchies, all those who may not have had the right legal documents or connections or unique skills to offer but who carried with them a hope for a better life.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce.”
― Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

“everything you ever love will reject you or die.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Every American must feel a thrill of pride and gratitude in the thought that his country is the refuge of the oppressed, . . . and however wretched be the material offered to him from the refuse of other nations, he accepts it with generous hospitality.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York