Kindness Quote by Luis Alberto Urrea Download Open image ““Life was generous: it gave a man a thousand things to be pissed off about.”” — Luis Alberto Urrea ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Kindness Life
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During grade school, we moved to a white, working-class suburb in San Diego, and there were no Mexicans. — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
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“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace. " No hay pedo ," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no trouble here,"… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
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