Quotes about latino

Sergio Troncoso - The Nature of Truth

A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The Germans had already left everything behind. We had food but no weapons. For days we could hear bombs exploding around us. We just wanted to survive long enough for the Americans to control the territory. We didn’t want to die. At that point, our prison uniforms were the only things to keep us from being shot on the spot by the Americans. That was all we had. Who would the Americans believe?

Sergio Troncoso - The Last Tortilla: and Other Stories

I held Angie Luna in that room for hours, and I remember the different times we made love like epochs in a civilization, each movement and every touch, apex upon abyss. In the luxury of our bed, we tried every position and every angle. I explored the curves on her body and delighted in seeing the freedom of her ecstasy. Her desperate whispers and pleas. I told her I loved her, and she said she loved me too. We lay in bed with our limbs entangled, in a pacific silence that reminded me of existing

Suzan Battah - Mad About the Boy

The scent of him was subtle, beautifully fresh, and she couldn’t think clearly. No man had ever brought out these intense feelings in her. Chris Augustine was dangerous and she could get lost in his arms.

Gustavo Perez Firmat -

The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you.My subject:how to explain to youthat I don't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else,if not herein English.

Juan Felipe Herrera -

Your friends, and your associates, and the people around you, and the environment that you live in, and the speakers around you - the speakers around you - and the communicators around you, are the poetry makers.If your mother tells you stories, she is a poetry maker.If your father says stories, he is a poetry maker.If your grandma tells you stories, she is a poetry maker.And that’s who forms our poetics.

Willie Perdomo - Where a Nickel Costs a Dime

This is definitely / for the brothers / who ain't here.

Martín Espada -

Even the most political poem is an act of faith.

James A. Barlow - From the Corner to the Corner Office: A Blueprint for Success

From The Corner To The Corner Office - It's Not Just A Book, It's A Lifestyle!

Latif Mercado -

I Don't Waste My Time Doing Crosswords, As My Life Is The Only Puzzle I Care To Resolve!

Latif Mercado -

Thank God For Writing, As Now I Can Work Until My Last Breath!

Latif Mercado -

You Can't Replace A Star with A Lightbulb

Latif Mercado -

You Can't Change Your Life... Until You Change Your Heart, and You Can't Change Your Heart... Until You Change Your Mind!

Latif Mercado -

It's Easy To Feel Like A Big Fish, When Your Pond is Just A Puddle!

Latif Mercado -

You Can't Be A Hero To The World, If Your Aren't First A Hero In Your Home!

Latif Mercado -

You Don't Have To Be A Crook To Be Successful!

Latif Mercado -

To Me, The Best Part Of Success, Is The Journey!

Latif Mercado -

Never Let The Roosters Wake You!

Latif Mercado -

Failures Are The Cornerstones Of Success!

Latif Mercado -

A Decision That Can Change Your Life Forever, Can Happen In Just One Second.

Latif Mercado -

The Best Deal Is The One Where Everyone Walks Away Happy!

Latif Mercado -

Don't Rush Up The Stairs, you Just Might Fall. Take it One Step At A Time!

Latif Mercado -

Attitude Is More Important Than Talent

Junot Díaz - Drown

Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.

Sonia Sotomayor - My Beloved World

The Latino community anchored me, but I didn't want it to isolate me from the full extent of what Princeton had to offer, including engagement with the larger community. Page 148

Sergio Troncoso - Crossing Borders: Personal Essays

A good writer should be able to communicate to the reader, 'I know your life. I know what you have truly experienced. It’s not right or wrong. It’s survival. It’s making mistakes, and trying to redeem yourself. It’s imperfections, and trying to make yourself better. It’s outrages, and crimes, and insults, which often are not righted, which you have to fix yourself, in your own mind, in your own heart, so that you are not poisoned'.

Junot Díaz -

My African roots made me what I am today. They’re the reason I’m from the Dominican Republic. They’re the reason I exist at all. To these roots I owe everything.

Sergio Troncoso - The Nature of Truth

But Anja. I hear Anja's voice. Maybe I am insane. I hear her crying. I see her alone in the trees. I remember being alone and humiliated. I remember, too, the fat little boy hiding in the bathroom. And I see this man, Ariane. I see this evil man, Ariane. He laughs everyday still. He has had years of laughter. He has triumphed over the screams of others, he has triumphed with blood on his hands. And he laughs still. God has cursed us! He has either cursed us or He was never here to begin with. We

Lindi Ortega -

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.

Jimmy Smits -

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

Latif Mercado -

Not Even The Greatest Sculptor Can Mold A Masterpiece Out Of Shit!

Sergio Troncoso - From This Wicked Patch of Dust

It’s a great honor, m’ijo. We know that. I’m sure everyone in Ysleta is proud of you. But this is who you are," she said, for a moment scanning the dark night air and the empty street. A cricket chirped in the darkness. "God help you when you go to this ‘Havid.’ You will be so far away from us, from everything you know. You will be alone. What if something happens to you? Who’s going to help you? But you always wanted to be alone; you were always so independent, so stubborn.""Like you.

H.L. Sudler - Return to Summerville

Look at you. Riding the gravy train with biscuit wheels.

H.L. Sudler - Return to Summerville

I feel sorry for you, Detective Esteban. Because I'm all out of patience, and you're all out of time. I'm sure we'll see each other again someday. In Hell. Save a seat for me.

H.L. Sudler - Return to Summerville

Do you know how many men are incarcerated in solitary confinement? About 100,000 on any given day, if my numbers are correct. Do you know how many men commit suicide in The Hole? Very high. Twenty-four hours in a box with no windows can break a man. Some more quickly than others.

Latif Mercado -

A Memory Is Better Than A Phony!

Raquel Cepeda - Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around the country, including me.

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