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> [I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/i-am-a-naturalized-u-s-citizen-which-means-that-unlike-native-born/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

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## More by Bharati Mukherjee

> [You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/you-see-for-me-america-is-an-idea-it-is-a-stage-for-transformation-i/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/the-picture-of-mother-teresa-that-i-remember-from-my-childhood-is-of/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [“It's making life important, making a single life important, rather than having a prescription for the global ills which afflict us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/it-s-making-life-important-making-a-single-life-important-rather-than/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [I truly appreciate the special qualities that America and American national myths offer me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/i-truly-appreciate-the-special-qualities-that-america-and-american/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/i-flew-into-a-small-airport-surrounded-by-cornfields-and-pastures/)

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> [In Hindu societies, especially overprotected patriarchal families like mine, daughters are not at all desirable. They are trouble. And a mother who, as mine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/in-hindu-societies-especially-overprotected-patriarchal-families-like/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [One of the early tip-offs to me about the enormous changes that were going on with being in a Bangalore house, home, where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/one-of-the-early-tip-offs-to-me-about-the-enormous-changes-that-were/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [I am aware of myself as a four-hundred-year-old woman, born in the captivity of a colonial, pre-industrial oral culture and living now as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/i-am-aware-of-myself-as-a-four-hundred-year-old-woman-born-in-the/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [Mother Teresa's detractors have accused her of overemphasizing Calcuttans' destitution and of coercing conversion from the defenseless. In the context of lost causes, Mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/mother-teresa-s-detractors-have-accused-her-of-overemphasizing/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [Dullness is a kind of luxury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/dullness-is-a-kind-of-luxury/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/i-had-never-walked-on-the-street-alone-when-i-was-growing-up-in/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [ “Love on the decline is hard to tell from love on the rise.” \[From 'The Lady from Lucknow'\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/love-on-the-decline-is-hard-to-tell-from-love-on-the-rise-from-the/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

> [The United States exists as a sovereign nation. 'America,' in contrast, exists as a myth of democracy and equal opportunity to live by, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/the-united-states-exists-as-a-sovereign-nation-america-in-contrast/)

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> [As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/as-a-bookish-child-in-calcutta-i-used-to-thrill-to-the-adventures-of/)

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> [What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bharati-mukherjee/what-was-the-duty-of-the-teacher-if-not-to-inspire/)

[Bharati Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bharati-mukherjee/)

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