Quotes by Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

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The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and re — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and m — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to bui — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our chi — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometime — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fo — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own i — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
If it weren’t for her setting me free, I may still be a caged bird today, holding my own daughter captive on a shit-lade — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not t — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
I wish she’d said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the w — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, paint — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in. — Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina