Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Raquel Cepeda
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.”
“When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.”
“Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.”
“Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.”
“I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.”
“I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.”
“The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.”
“A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.”
“More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our natural ability to carry the past in our bodies and minds. Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation. I quietly thank this ancestor of mine for surviving the trip so that I could one day return.”
“For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.”
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