Jean Guerrero > Quotes

“The Wizard’s First Rule is: “People are stupid. They believe things mainly because they either want them to be true or fear them to be true.” I thought this held the key to the Cocos. I never fathomed it could apply to me.”
― Jean Guerrero, Crux: A Daughter's Quest for Her Border-Crossing Father

“I could no longer supplant reality with my imagination.”
― Jean Guerrero, Crux: A Daughter's Quest for Her Border-Crossing Father

“He was off by himself all the time. His desk was a mess with stuff mashed up, and he would pour glue on his body, then peel it off, and eat it.”
― Jean Guerrero, Hate Monger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda

“Without borders, I realize, life could not exist. Cells would have no membranes to contain them, no wombs in which to thrive. Without borders, societies could not function. The border between good and evil is central to civilization. But borders can also be deadly. Under”
― Jean Guerrero, Crux: A Daughter's Quest for Her Border-Crossing Father

“STEPHEN STARTED AT SANTA MONICA High School in 1999. His father would refinance the house three times in the next four years.1 (His younger brother, Jacob, would go to private school.) The year before, Santa Monica had experienced eight gang-related shootings within a couple of weeks, resulting in five deaths, including one across from the high school. The high school was experiencing what administrators called “a two-school phenomenon.”
― Jean Guerrero, Hate Monger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda