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> [“No one here wants to admit it, but the United States is part of México’s problem. The United States is feeding the beast, man. I thought maybe if I came here, I could make a difference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/no-one-here-wants-to-admit-it-but-the-united-states-is-part-of-m-xico/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

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## More by Cristina Henriquez

> [“And then again, maybe people and things are the same as emotions: Even when you can't see them or feel them or be with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/and-then-again-maybe-people-and-things-are-the-same-as-emotions-even/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“Is this what school was like in the United States? It was like theater.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/is-this-what-school-was-like-in-the-united-states-it-was-like-theater/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“But I worry what it would be like after all this time. We thought it was unrecognizable when we left, but I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/but-i-worry-what-it-would-be-like-after-all-this-time-we-thought-it/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“I understood how easily and how quickly things could be snatched away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/i-understood-how-easily-and-how-quickly-things-could-be-snatched-away/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“What if God wants us to be happy? What if there’s nothing else around the bend? What if all our unhappiness is in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/what-if-god-wants-us-to-be-happy-what-if-there-s-nothing-else-around/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“No one here wants to admit it, but the United States is part of México’s problem. The United States is feeding the beast, man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/no-one-here-wants-to-admit-it-but-the-united-states-is-part-of-m-xico/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“Americanah; Ayad Akhtar, American Dervish; Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents; Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street; Junot Díaz, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/americanah-ayad-akhtar-american-dervish-julia-alvarez-how-the-garcia/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“Armando's not a pork chop, I say. She shrugs. At least a pork chop would feed you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/armando-s-not-a-pork-chop-i-say-she-shrugs-at-least-a-pork-chop-would/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“Who could think that a person’s entire being is housed in a finger or in a hip bone or in a small piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/who-could-think-that-a-person-s-entire-being-is-housed-in-a-finger-or/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“Maybe it’s the instinct of every immigrant, born of necessity or of longing: Someplace else will be better than here. And the condition: if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/maybe-it-s-the-instinct-of-every-immigrant-born-of-necessity-or-of/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“But it was only a word—justice. It was only a concept, and it wasn’t enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/but-it-was-only-a-word-justice-it-was-only-a-concept-and-it-wasn-t/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/i-felt-the-way-i-often-felt-in-this-country-simultaneously/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“ I saw us from above, from the sky, two flecks of being connected at the edge of the wide, pale ocean, lost to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/i-saw-us-from-above-from-the-sky-two-flecks-of-being-connected-at-the/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“I couldn't swallow. It had to be wrong. We had to be able to rewind. It couldn't be real. It felt so weightless. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/i-couldn-t-swallow-it-had-to-be-wrong-we-had-to-be-able-to-rewind-it/)

[cristina henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

> [“And yet, what else could he do but try the next”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-henriquez/and-yet-what-else-could-he-do-but-try-the-next/)

[Cristina Henriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-henriquez/)

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