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“He, who endlessly combated his family's reliance on 'Mexican time.' They drove him crazy. If a dinner gathering was announced for six o'clock, he could be sure it wouldn't start until nine. They'd walk in as if they were early. Or worse, they'd say 'What?' as if he were the one with a problem. You know you're Mexican when lunch doesn't show up till ten at night.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

“Only selfish people are negative, Angel.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

“How come,’ Big Angel said, ‘we never kissed?’
‘Kissed?’
‘Don’t families kiss?’
‘Like, brothers? Kissing?’
‘Why not?’
They pondered the new possibility.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

“Carnal, rocks remember when they were mountains.'
They stared at the rocks in the garden.
'And what do mountains remember?'
'When they were ocean floors.'
Big Angel, Zen master.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels