V. Castro > Quotes

“Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“There was probably the same amount of ink on those pages as blood and tears in my body.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and at times it takes patience.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“I am a child of war. To truly love and be loved, I… I don’t know if I’m capable of either”
― V. Castro, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Movie Novelization

“It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“I couldn’t ignore the flaring of Perla’s eyes, that female rage we are told to bury when it burns too bright or becomes distracting. Tears filled her bottom lids and then spilled over.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“The very idea of love, of family, was beaten out of me. I was taught that love is weakness. And I… I don’t know how that will ever change.”
― V. Castro, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Movie Novelization

“For years she abandoned herself to be a willing sacrifice to please everyone around her, and now nothing existed within her anymore. Even her own hand was not a hand at all, but a blade she used to carve her heart for anyone who asked her for it.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Hate is not an idea or a thing in the sky. Hate is spilled blood with the stench of putrefying flesh that should never leave our memory. It should be burned and laid to rest. But for some, hate is the only way they can feel comfortable with what they don’t understand or can’t control.”
― V. Castro, The Queen of the Cicadas

“When people left without saying goodbye or giving a reason, it always created a phantom cut.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“I don't think purgatory is a place for people - it's a space for all those prayers that seem to go nowhere.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“We must listen to the women who came before us. We change the future by unloading the sorrow of the past. We sever the cord of generational curses. Some cords are meant to shrivel away to blackened dead flesh. They are our blood, but we are not them. We do not have to accept it. None of it.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“If our bodies are something to be ashamed of, why are they created so? If pleasure was not to be ours, why are we built to feel it?”
― V. Castro

“Break the curses. Feed your soul.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“rivers,”
― V. Castro, Aliens: Vasquez

“Everything needed always finds a way to make its way to us. Love, lovers, friends, miracles, and hope.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Rebellion is not for the impulsive or fool - hardy. It is for the truth seekers, the restless, the real third - eye seers who believe the howls of the soul create miracles. Rebels manifest change. Now tell me, are you a rebel?”
― V. Castro, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Movie Novelization

“We were from different generations of brokenness, not experiencing enough love. When you don’t know what that is, you will look for it everywhere. The more immediate the hit, the better.”
― V. Castro, The Queen of the Cicadas

“Surviving to see change then continue that change is a form of resistance.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“You don’t have to be the woman anyone else wants you to be or tells you you should be to make them more comfortable in their own existence.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Blood dies and dries, but the invisible particles of family are forever.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“She had to get used to organizing her emotions and thoughts in peace. Any crisis or chaos will pass. The anxiety will ease. They are your children, and they just want your love. You deserve their love. Just be open to it. You don’t have to impress them. You don’t have to impress other parents. You are enough.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“I fear we lost some measure of our honor since that betrayal. I’m afraid our compassion, our kindness, our very joy, died with that young girl.”
― V. Castro, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Movie Novelization

“You see, a king is a man, and a man can fail or betray. But a myth is indestructible.”
― V. Castro, Rebel Moon Part One - A Child Of Fire: The Official Movie Novelization

“Drowning in his shrieks, I wondered if La Llorona cried because she didn’t know how to give love in a meaningful way.”
― V. Castro, The Queen of the Cicadas

“Adios, pendeja. Your reign is over.”
― V. Castro, Aliens: Vasquez