Quotes by Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans

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Sometimes I think I would rather just remember it in my head, all those streets and the places I loved. The way it smell — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
I took his razor from the shower floor, bits of his black hair still caked between the blades. I took his toothbrush fro — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you. — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
English was such a dense, tight language. So many hard letters, like miniature walls. Not open with vowels the way Spani — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
Finding is for things that are lost. You don't need to find me, Mayor. — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
You don’t understand,” my dad said. “They stop you.” “Who? What are you talking about?” my mom asked. “That’s why I was — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
I thought suddenly, what is the meaning of all these things? All these bags and bags I've been packing? We could take ev — Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans