" We learn we cannot form deep roots because we do not have the right to place or citizenship, and because we do not have citizenship to a place we do not have the right to a voice. We are alienated from our own past and from the future of the countries we live in. Where we are is the best we can hope for. We learn to be grateful. "

― Tsering Wangmo Dhompa , Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging