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> [“My mother showed her gratitude for her life in exile by alluding to India’s modernity: the expansive railway network; the Bollywood movies she came to love for their tumultuous stories which ultimately conceded to the cardinal guidelines she held in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/my-mother-showed-her-gratitude-for-her-life-in-exile-by-alluding-to/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

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## More by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

> [“I have lived my life defined as a refugee in Nepal and India, a resident alien and immigrant in the United States. At last,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/i-have-lived-my-life-defined-as-a-refugee-in-nepal-and-india-a/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“My mother showed her gratitude for her life in exile by alluding to India’s modernity: the expansive railway network; the Bollywood movies she came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/my-mother-showed-her-gratitude-for-her-life-in-exile-by-alluding-to/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“Home, to me, was any place by my mother’s side. Since my mother’s death, the idea of home has assumed many forms. I use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/home-to-me-was-any-place-by-my-mother-s-side-since-my-mother-s-death/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“She disciplined her memory to give up counting her losses. She gave her suffering one name: exile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/she-disciplined-her-memory-to-give-up-counting-her-losses-she-gave/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“The young, he says, confuse desire with love, and they end up hurting everyone around them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/the-young-he-says-confuse-desire-with-love-and-they-end-up-hurting/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“It is past eight. The hills before me are bathed in a gentle light that falls like sleep on weary eyes. Everything is soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/it-is-past-eight-the-hills-before-me-are-bathed-in-a-gentle-light/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“When I am with my mother’s people, I realize I have a lot to unlearn. I look to them to uncomplicated my notions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/when-i-am-with-my-mother-s-people-i-realize-i-have-a-lot-to-unlearn-i/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“We learn we cannot form deep roots because we do not have the right to place or citizenship, and because we do not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/we-learn-we-cannot-form-deep-roots-because-we-do-not-have-the-right/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“How is it possible to protect your loved ones from old heartaches?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/how-is-it-possible-to-protect-your-loved-ones-from-old-heartaches/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“In towns, the nomads remain outsiders for a while. They become a class divorced from their occupation as herders. They are called drokpa in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/in-towns-the-nomads-remain-outsiders-for-a-while-they-become-a-class/)

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> [“This land makes me believe anything is possible. Here lies a gift unraveled as was meant to be: within its many folds are men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/this-land-makes-me-believe-anything-is-possible-here-lies-a-gift/)

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> [“Here in Tibet live the people my mother taught me to love before I met them. We are family, and love has undetermined aptitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/here-in-tibet-live-the-people-my-mother-taught-me-to-love-before-i/)

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> [“Tashi says nomads keep to the routines and customs they learned from their parents and they know the basic truths: that life is full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/tashi-says-nomads-keep-to-the-routines-and-customs-they-learned-from/)

[Tsering Wangmo Dhompa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/)

> [“A young Tibetan child touches his head to the floor before the altar and recites a prayer, and I am led to a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/a-young-tibetan-child-touches-his-head-to-the-floor-before-the-altar/)

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> [“It is not easy to speak of people and land in simple terms beginnings with a beginning and ending with an end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsering-wangmo-dhompa/it-is-not-easy-to-speak-of-people-and-land-in-simple-terms-beginnings/)

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