Dr. Nick Figueroa

“I'm not even in love with you. You don't even awaken in me one of those aberrant nostalgia that men my age feel with the proximity of a young life: you are an inferior being, Iris Mateluna, a piece of primary existence that surrounds a reproductive uterus so central to your person that all the rest of your being is a superfluous shell…”
― José Donoso, The Obscene Bird of Night

“ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴏɴᴇꜱ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜʀᴀꜱɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ -ᴀ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴋɪᴅ, ᴀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ-ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ: ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴛh
ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ!…”
― Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite

“Dreaming is good to do when you're sleeping. But, as long as we're awake, nobody wants to go hungry.”
― Angie Cruz, Dominicana

“ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇ? ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴇᴛ ᴡᴇ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ, ᴡᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ….”
― Maritza Moulite , One of the Good Ones