54 Quotes by Raquel Cepeda

I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the amount of attention and love I receive from Mami’s family. In New York, I’m invisible.

...being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

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.

I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.

I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.