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“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

“She blamed moral vices that weakened the whole society and worried that Americans were heading in the same direction… Thought that so much land…

— Lynne Withey

“How little we knew each other, though for centuries our homes had shared walls. How little we will learn, now that all we share…

— Amit Majmudar

“When she put it that way, I felt like there were fences—built by me and by everyone in my life—around me. Fences carefully placed…

— Juliana Haygert

“Looming above her probably wasn’t such a smart idea. If she were American, she might get it in her head to punch me in…

— Kelli Jean

“It didn't matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be.”

— Trevor Noah

“She smashed stereotypes and bridged a racial gap in our country like few who've gone before.”

— BeBe Winans

“We were all patriotic, but I can’t even conceive of what else we would’ve been, because our entire experience was domestic, interior, American. We”

— Suzy Hansen

“she had traveled to America only to be reminded of how powerless she was,”

— Imbolo Mbue

“American girls are terrific. American wives take too damn much territory.”

— Raymond Chandler

“So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be different.”

— Sarah Dessen

“I'm sure I still have boundaries-like the continental U.S, for example.”

— Stephenie Meyer