Quote by Elaine Dundy

“You are not in a fit state to come here, if you can't come here without spluttering like a bad pen.”

— Charles Dickens

“As a refugee who fled civil war as a child, I am still trying to figure out where I fit in - which is…

— Ilhan Omar

“I looked at these refugees--and the for the first time, let myself really see them. Their faces felt familiar to me, somehow. The pain…

— Nicole Perlman

“If they didn’t want the patients at the Undisclosed Ffirth Asylum command center slash patient processing facility to feel like prisoners, they were doing…

— David Wong

“I was entering. I was leaving. California streamed behind me like a long silk veil. I didn't feel like a big fat idiot anymore.…

— Cherly Strayed

“Anyone who thinks it’s easy to get to the States as a refugee has no idea.”

— Sandra Uwiringiyimana

“As I sit down in the chair closest to the entrance, my eyes scan the few people seated in the area. I’m quickly reminded…

— Adam Kunz

“I looked around at the embassy people, who were nicely dressed, sipping cocktails and chatting. This could have been anywhere in the civilized world,…

— Nelson DeMille

“everywhere I looked, people were smiling, like convicts who had just staged a daring escape and couldn’t quite believe they had gotten away with…

— Chris Mitchell

“I had chosen to leave, and live alone in a foreign country. And in fleeing thousands of miles across the Pacific, I chose myself,…

— Alison Singh Gee

“I tried to focus on my toes, looking for answers to the questions swirling around in my head, wondering if my reasons for traveling…

— John Harris

“What exactly is your job here?’ ‘So that’s what you’ve dragged yourself out here to ask. See now I’m disappointed, you could have at…

— Lindsay Anne Kendal