Gratitude Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“It was the exaggerated gratitude that came with immigrant insecurity.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Immigration teaches you to bend. Courage is remembering who you are.”

— Angelika Regossi

“Be thankful you're an American as we treat foreigners a lot worse.”

— U.S. Dept. of Fear

“Racism. . . . fuelled by bitter assertions that no immigrant ever has the least respect for the environment in his adopted country because…

— James Hamilton-Paterson

“This is the superhumanity of the immigrant, but woe be to the all-too-human offspring living in the shadow of such strength.”

— Gary Shteyngart

“It was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.”

— Milan Kundera

“It was a poor thing she felt for anyone to be born a foreigner.”

— Oscar Wilde

“It continues to impress me how fluently Americans, even immigrants like her, speak of their achievements.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you. – immigrant”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their…

— Terry Pratchett

“unspoken gratitude and small gestures that spoke big words.”

— Jane Washington

“To Oz's credit, he didn't say anything, probably because he'd decided that trying to converse with someone so temperamental wasn't worth it.”

— Katherine Pine