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> [I want to bring Americans into some experiences they ordinarily would not consider. Experiences in Latin America, people in Latin America, I want to bring them closer to those people, and I know I have to work extra hard at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-want-to-bring-americans-into-some-experiences-they-ordinarily-would/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

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## More by Hector Tobar

> [I'm, by nature, a really optimistic person. It goes back to my parents having been each divorced three times and my finding some way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-m-by-nature-a-really-optimistic-person-it-goes-back-to-my-parents/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-write-fighting-for-every-sentence-fighting-to-hold-the-reader-with/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [In the Latino community, the Trump campaign, even when it seemed it was a long shot he would be elected president, his campaign itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/in-the-latino-community-the-trump-campaign-even-when-it-seemed-it-was/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [I am someone who is fascinated with European German history, the Holocaust, and to see these parallels in our own democratic system, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-am-someone-who-is-fascinated-with-european-german-history-the/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [“In books there were limitless worlds, there was truth, sometimes brutal and ugly, and sometimes happy and soothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/in-books-there-were-limitless-worlds-there-was-truth-sometimes-brutal/)

[Héctor Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/we-re-writers-what-do-we-do-we-tell-stories-we-make-up-stories-we/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/what-we-re-trying-to-do-as-writers-is-rescue-preserve-this-space-of/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [In real life, there are right-wingers, there are anti-immigrant activists who want to overturn this constitutional right that we have to become Americans when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/in-real-life-there-are-right-wingers-there-are-anti-immigrant/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [Undocumented people have been targeted for years now. Even under the Obama administration, there was a really large number of deportations of undocumented people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/undocumented-people-have-been-targeted-for-years-now-even-under-the/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [I want to bring Americans into some experiences they ordinarily would not consider. Experiences in Latin America, people in Latin America, I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-want-to-bring-americans-into-some-experiences-they-ordinarily-would/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [“I am in a two-stoplight town in the Alabama hill country, in the heart of the Bible Belt and Crimson Tide football mania, listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-am-in-a-two-stoplight-town-in-the-alabama-hill-country-in-the-heart/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [There's a lot of really wonderful things about the United States of America, especially its ethnic diversity and its mostly successful struggle to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/there-s-a-lot-of-really-wonderful-things-about-the-united-states-of/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/maybe-innocence-is-a-skin-you-must-shed-to-build-layers-more/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [“That’s the way mining is. You always find a way to cheat fate,” he says. “That’s what’s beautiful about being a miner: Supernatural things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/that-s-the-way-mining-is-you-always-find-a-way-to-cheat-fate-he-says/)

[Héctor Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

> [I just feel that art is more important than ever, that art is something that can unify us, that can make America stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-tobar/i-just-feel-that-art-is-more-important-than-ever-that-art-is/)

[Hector Tobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-tobar/)

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