“Some compare La Bestia to a demon, others to a kind of vacuum that sucks distracted riders down into its metal entrails.… — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
“He fell into a solemn silence, which he only eventually broke to say, “I think I’ve become a terrible person. In fact,… — Valeria Luiselli Fear Copy Share Image
I learned to keep at a certain distance from things - and to make myself a little bit invisible while I observed… — Valeria Luiselli Distance Copy Share Image
“Writer and former Border Patrol officer Francisco Cantú has written poignantly about these death maps and all the “clearly marked ghosts” that… — Valeria Luiselli Border patrol Copy Share Image
“Because—how do you explain that it is never inspiration that drives you to tell a story, but rather a combination of anger… — Valeria Luiselli Inspiration Copy Share Image
Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer… — Valeria Luiselli Accepting Copy Share Image
“Everyone says they're empty. Everyone says – vast and flat. Everyone – mesmerizing. Nabokov probably said somewhere – indomitable. But no one… — Valeria Luiselli Imagery Copy Share Image
I like reading the world through a writer's eyes, rather than seeing a writer looking at him or herself as if at… — Valeria Luiselli Eye Copy Share Image
“I know I need to generate a structure full of holes so that I can always find a place for myself on… — Valeria Luiselli Architecture Copy Share Image
Cities have often been compared to language: you can read a city, it's said, as you read a book. But the metaphor… — Valeria Luiselli Book Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it's right that words contain nothing, or almost nothing. That their content is, at the very least, variable.” — Valeria Luiselli Happiness Copy Share Image
“Rapes: eighty percent of the women and girls who cross Mexico to get to the U.S. border are raped on the way.” — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
“Before the immigration crisis was declared in the summer of 2014, minors seeking immigration relief were given approximately twelve months to find… — Valeria Luiselli Point of view Copy Share Image
“And perhaps the only way to grant any justice—were that even possible—is by hearing and recording those stories over and over again… — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
“Cities have often been compared to language: you can read a city, it’s said, as you read a book. But the metaphor… — Valeria Luiselli Books Copy Share Image
“However differently we spoke the language, as Spanish speakers, our close ties with Latin and Greek gave us a sense of superiority:… — Valeria Luiselli Language Copy Share Image
I can always, quite easily, put myself in other people's shoes, so to speak, and look at the world through them. — Valeria Luiselli Speak Copy Share Image
“Because being aware of what is happening in our era and choosing to do nothing about it has become unacceptable. Because we… — Valeria Luiselli Copy Share Image
“Our penultimate lot, ladies and gentlemen, exudes an air of mystical melancholy. The tooth itself is crocodilian, but its aura is almost… — Valeria Luiselli Jorge-luis-borges Copy Share Image
