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> [If you were born to be a nail, you had to be hammered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/if-you-were-born-to-be-a-nail-you-had-to-be-hammered/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

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## More by Luis Alberto Urrea

> [I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/i-m-interested-in-the-eternal-soul-that-s-what-i-write-about/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [“Aztlán (“The Place of the Reeds”) was the traditional home of the Aztecs, a possibly mythical motherland from which the tribe ventured forth on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/aztl-n-the-place-of-the-reeds-was-the-traditional-home-of-the-aztecs/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/with-a-name-like-luis-alberto-urrea-it-s-political-no-matter-what-i-do/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [During grade school, we moved to a white, working-class suburb in San Diego, and there were no Mexicans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/during-grade-school-we-moved-to-a-white-working-class-suburb-in-san/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [I've been told not to tour down in Mexico. I am too well-known now. The kidnappers may think that my publisher will pay a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/i-ve-been-told-not-to-tour-down-in-mexico-i-am-too-well-known-now-the/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace. " No hay pedo ," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no trouble here,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/braulio-rises-and-extends-his-hands-making-peace-no-hay-pedo-he-says/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [“This is how Heaven works. They're practical. We are always looking for rays of light. For lightning bolts or burning bushes. But God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/this-is-how-heaven-works-they-re-practical-we-are-always-looking-for/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [We want to ascribe a kind of tragic grimness to people, but people are funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/we-want-to-ascribe-a-kind-of-tragic-grimness-to-people-but-people-are/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [I came to believe the green fuse that drives spring and summer through the world is essentially a literary energy. That the world was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/i-came-to-believe-the-green-fuse-that-drives-spring-and-summer/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [Writers write without support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/writers-write-without-support/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [“He couldn't believe she was real. She was like some dream, some story old men told youngsters. She made a fool out of him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/he-couldn-t-believe-she-was-real-she-was-like-some-dream-some-story/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/the-world-was-more-than-a-place-life-was-more-than-an-event-it-was/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [The concept of a literature of witness - of bearing witness - has embedded in it the need for action. One must not simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/the-concept-of-a-literature-of-witness-of-bearing-witness-has/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/i-have-often-said-i-come-from-a-family-of-unreliable-narrators-i-tend/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

> [In the end, I'm really interested in people and what we do with our short time here on earth. I'm interested in the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/in-the-end-i-m-really-interested-in-people-and-what-we-do-with-our/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

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