Cuban Quotes

“Such are contrasts we see every day in the world. Joy and Sorrow! But Joy is an exile from Heaven who does not remain in any one place. Sorrow is a son of Hell who does not release his prey until he has torn it to pieces.”
― Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Sab and Autobiography

“I begged Ana to shut them up, come out as Cuban, play the jail card. But she refused to claim that authority. 'It will mean you, as a Kentucky girl, have nothing valuable to say about Cuba. And Cubans have nothing to say about the rest of the world.”
― Kelly J. Cogswell, Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

“...the hope that the day will not be far distant when it will be popularly considered that to lose life by accident in productive and distributive industry is just as noble and heroic as to lose it by accident on board a man of war. That to lose life by being drowned like a rat in as mine is just as worthy as being drowned like a rat in the hold of an ironclad. That to lose a limb by an exploding shell is no more worthy of national consideration than to lose one in a rolling mill. That to be blown up by a torpedo creates no more sorrow in the unfortunate's family than to be blown up by a boiler. That one should not be the hero of an apotheosis while the other goes to Eternity unhonored and unsung.”
― D. Douglas Wilson

“CUBAN LECHÓN ASADO


50-pound pig
5 heads of garlic
4 cups orange juice
2 cups lime juice
1 cup sherry
1/2 cup pineapple juice
4 tablespoons oregano
3 teaspoons ground cumin
6 bay leaves
2 tablespoons black peppercorns
2 tablespoons kosher salt
5 tablespoons olive oil”
― Adi Alsaid, North of Happy

“I never asked for permission. I was born to break the frame.”
― Leonor Anthony

“I never wanted to decorate rooms. I wanted to ignite them.”
― Leonor Anthony