Quotes from Luis Alberto Urrea

I believe God is a poet; every religion in our history was made of poems and songs, and not a few of them had books attached.

To me, writing is prayer. I pray all the time.

There was nothing one could do when love came. It was fast, and it was strong, and if it were not good, then surely God would not have allowed it such power.

There is a minute in the day, a minute for everyone, though most everyone is too distracted to notice its arrival. A minute of gifts coming from the world like birthday presents. A minute given to every day that seems to create a golden bubble available to everyone.

Roses denote grace.

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

Blessed are you when you pray for others. Shame on you when you pray out of selfishness and greed.

She learned that women were braver than men. Braver and stronger. She learned that she herself could one day stretch open as wide as a window, and it would not kill her.

If you were born to be a nail, you cannot curse the hammer.

Only an idiot would fail to see God in a meal!