American citizen Quote by David Grann

“She did not care what some pampered citizens thought of her. She knew her worth.”

— Lucy Morris

“Comrade," said Snowball, "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth…

— George Orwell

“She liked, most of all, that in this place of affluent ease, she could pretend to be someone else, someone specially admitted into a…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Once all the needed things were in place, and a new home settled, a woman who earned her own money could give herself a…

— Sarah-Jane Stratford

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

— Olivia Sudjic

“The job wouldn't be just put the summer, but for a long time, as long as she could see ahead. Once they were used…

— Carson McCullers

“I'm not sure, with a grandmother like mine, if you can ever become a true American in the sense of believing that life is…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“When she asked George what way she could best apply it for him, he answered, "Give me an education, Emily; that has always been…

— Stowe Harriet Elizabeth Beecher

“She had noticed that there was a tendency on the part of some Americans to believe that everybody, deep inside, wanted to live in…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.”

— Maud Hart Lovelace

“Her life seemed to her a great engineering work scarcely begun. Lately more excavation than construction had occurred. She had lost a sense of…

— Marge Piercy

“She could work any situation to her advantage, instantly turning herself into the life of the party, whether it was some soirée for an…

— Barry Brennessel