--- title: "1 Come Illegally Quotes By Luanne Rice" description: "1 Come Illegally quotes by Luanne Rice. Plus more from Luanne Rice and more Come Illegally sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/luanne-rice-12229_better-life_we-re-keeping-them-alive-she-said-sweeth_1387898.jpg" --- > [“We're keeping them alive," she said. "Sweetheart, the fence, the wall, is inhumane. People are dying." "That's their choice,"he actually said. "They come here illegally, that's the chance they take." "When did you get so hard?" she asked, holding his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/we-re-keeping-them-alive-she-said-sweetheart-the-fence-the-wall-is/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/luanne-rice-12229_better-life_we-re-keeping-them-alive-she-said-sweeth_1387898.jpg) ## Other authors on Come Illegally ## More by Luanne Rice > [The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/the-music-never-leaves-once-you-have-it-you-can-t-lose-it/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/i-was-married-to-a-law-student-and-i-used-to-attend-classes-with-him/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three wildly different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/my-first-three-sisters-novel-in-a-while-sandcastles-tells-the-story/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [Some feelings are stronger than fear: love, longing, desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/some-feelings-are-stronger-than-fear-love-longing-desire/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [Here are a few of the actors who have brought my novels to TV life: Bill Pullman, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand, Julian Sands, Gena…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/here-are-a-few-of-the-actors-who-have-brought-my-novels-to-tv-life/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [The Secret Life of Bees proves that a family can be found where you least expect it-maybe not under your own roof, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/the-secret-life-of-bees-proves-that-a-family-can-be-found-where-you/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [“All I know is we're 16 and ready to be kissed, kissed kissed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/all-i-know-is-we-re-16-and-ready-to-be-kissed-kissed-kissed/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > ['Little Night' comes from deep in my heart, and tells about the lengths people will go for love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/little-night-comes-from-deep-in-my-heart-and-tells-about-the-lengths/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/never-judge-anyone-by-their-appearance-or-the-car-they-drive-or-the/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [Goodbyes were impossible, unless you didn't realize you were saying them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/goodbyes-were-impossible-unless-you-didn-t-realize-you-were-saying/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/judgment-is-easy-it-is-black-and-white-as-brutal-as-a-gavel-strike/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - 'Silver Bells' and 'Follow the Stars Home.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/i-am-honored-to-have-had-two-hallmark-hall-of-fame-productions-made/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/anyone-with-a-heart-with-a-family-has-experienced-loss-no-one-escapes/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/the-biggest-mistake-any-of-us-can-make-is-thinking-that-love-is-a/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) > [I traveled to Ireland to research 'Sandcastles,' to visit the coastline where my ancestors looked toward America, the tiny town they once loved so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luanne-rice/i-traveled-to-ireland-to-research-sandcastles-to-visit-the-coastline/) [Luanne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luanne-rice/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come-illegally/luanne-rice/#itemlist", "name": "1 Come Illegally Quotes By Luanne Rice", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We're keeping them alive,\" she said. \"Sweetheart, the fence, the wall, is inhumane. 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