“Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.”
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“...it is not really the difference the oppressor fears so much as the similarity. He fears he will discover in himself the same aches, the same longings as those of the people he has shit on... . He fears he will have to change his life once he has seen himself in the bodies of the people he has called different.”
― Esta Puente, Mi Espalda: Voces De Mujeres Tercermundistas En Los Estados Unidos
― Esta Puente, Mi Espalda: Voces De Mujeres Tercermundistas En Los Estados Unidos
“People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities. There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what's left. Going back after a long time will make you mad, because the people you left behind do not like to think of you changed, will treat you as they always did, accuse you of being indifferent, when you are only different.”
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally.”
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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