Jenny Torres Sanchez > Quotes

“Because the world doesn't care how much pain you are in, or what terrible thing has happened to you. It continues. Morning comes, whether you want it to or not.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“And even though we are afraid, even though the fear is right there beneath the surface, it’s a different kind of fear. It’s a fear with hope. And hope matters...”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“Hey there,' he says as I come in, 'have a seat wherever.' I walk over to the seat I've sat in for the past three years.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, The Downside of Being Charlie

“We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here

“Hey,' she says breathlessly. She has said hey to me like this every day since she got her schedule changed. I live for these heys.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, The Downside of Being Charlie

“And I feel myself falling,
falling,
falling.
Through darkness, through imaginary worlds with water and spiders and stars- where witches who are also angels watch over you.”
― Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here