Spanish Language Quotes

“Así es. Todas las muchachas lindas son una trampa y los hombres esperan que lo sean.”
― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

“Let our voices be heard in all of our lunges. Not just English. I am an American and I speak Spanish and English.”
― Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

“Jorge’s andd Yesi’s experiences show how particular enactments of Puerto Ricaness and Mexicanness were viewed as problematic. Not coincidentally, Jorge and Yesi became marked in part because of their Spanish and English language practices, respectively.”
― Jonathan Rosa, Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad

“But it was only her old rival Payasa standing behind her.
"¿De dónde?" Payasa sauntered toward her, head thrown back, joy on her face. She wore a blue plaid Pendleton jacket over khakis. Harsh, thick liner circled her defiant eyes.
Her real name was Graciela. Payasa was her placa. It meant "clown." Her street name came from the way she wore her makeup, definitely not from her sense of humor.”
― Lynne Ewing, The Choice

“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace.

"No hay pedo," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no trouble here," which can only be translated as "There is no fart between us.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction