The desert took them, swallowed them, and it seemed to do it with personal malice. It seemed to hold them up to the sun until they were brittle, then shatter them upon the ground.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
He felt like some ancient Iron Age peasant who suddenly found himself among the stone and steel of the Modern World.Yuma 14, Character
They saw roundabouts, ramps, exits, signs, good asphalt. They saw Americans in air-conditioned vehicles, unmolested.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
Though sorrow and misfortune had marked him, they hadn’t defeated him.Mendez, Character
The whole enterprise was absurd, and yet such men worked and died in labyrinths of absurdity all over the globe.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
They never knew that all their manly vows would be shattered by a force greater than their imaginations could conceive.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
Faith is invisible. An invisible man can pass unseen through a wall of doubt.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
In the midst of horror, we fed on beauty—and that, my love, is what sustained us.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
They all whispered to the man on the line, imploring him to look at the wall that separated one dream from another. Behind the wall, the United States kindled and twinkled in a field of darkness.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
When the trucks left, the men felt a golden moment of success. We have made it, they thought. Not knowing the journey had just begun.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
After all, hope, like despair, is a liar.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
In the desert, darkness is an ally.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author
They were dreamers, betting everything on a desperate and beautiful gamble.Luis Alberto Urrea, Author