398 Quotes by Junot Díaz

She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but she would show them all.

That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough.

If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.

The half-life of love is forever.

Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory; you won't see it often.

She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.

You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can. A smarty-pants, the kind you don't find every day.

Then you look at her and smile a smile your dissembling face will remember until the day you die. Baby, you say, baby, this is part of my novel. This is how you lose her.

You can't regret the life you didn't lead.