America Quote by Anne Waldman

My parents had come from Mexico, a short road in my imagination. I felt myself as coming from a caramelized planet, an upside-down planet,…

— Richard Rodriguez

I grew up in an isolated town, out in the middle of the Mojave Desert in the middle of a naval base. My family…

— Sabaa Tahir

Part of me always felt like the other, the outsider, the observer. My father had two sons with his second wife, who I didn't…

— Elif Safak

I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my…

— Volker Bertelmann

I feel like my life experience is that of an outsider. Let me explain: my parents are from Panama, and they moved to the…

— J. August Richards

We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out.…

— Ashley Scott

We moved around a lot when I was younger. I never really felt at home until we moved to Canada, but even then, I…

— Panos Cosmatos

To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were mine.

— Lily King

I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean…

— Abby Sunderland

Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having…

— Ralph Boston

It's a foreground of my feeling. That place moves me. And I don't mean my country; it's part of our shared natural world that…

— Sean Penn

Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part…

— Karen Thompson Walker