Jhumpa Lahiri Quote

And then this whole deal of new gods, old gods," said his friend. "You ask me, I welcome new gods. Bring the on. The god of guns. The god of bombs. All the gods of ignorance and intolerance, of self-r...

Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn feeds the chicken and the pig, the turkey, and the lamb, the catfish and the tilapia and, increasingly, even the salmon, a carnivore by nature...

What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy has a crazy notion different from your crazy notion, you pat him on the back and say, Hey p...

To be an American is to be accosted by bigotry and enmity for the rights that you were told to appreciate.

[T]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war on terrorism; it is, rather, the way that the past decade has splint...

You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.

Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather dislike us as a nation and people, as friends of mine have f...

As an American, I'd like to apologize-for everything.

Where humanitysowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.