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We belong neither there, where we came from, nor here, where we find ourselves now. And yet, we belong to both.
“The truth was that I didn’t know which I was. I wasn’t allowed to claim the thing I felt and I didn’t feel the thing I was supposed to claim.”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
“I feel myself retreating to someplace deep inside. It is a pitiful kind of childhood, to know that no one loves you or is taking care of you, to always be on the outside looking in. I feel a decade older than my years. I know too much; I have seen people at their worst, at their most desperate and selfish, and this knowledge makes me wary. So I am learning to pretend, to smile and nod, to display empathy I do not feel. I am learning to pass, to look like everyone else, even though I feel broken inside.”
― Orphan Train
― Orphan Train
“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves”
― Like Water for Chocolate
― Like Water for Chocolate
“We are born, we live and we die - in the midst of the marvelous.”
― The Last Great Dance on Earth
― The Last Great Dance on Earth
“It was very pleasant to savor its aroma, for smells have the power to evoke the past, bringing back sounds and even other smells that have no match in the present. -Tita”
― Like Water for Chocolate
― Like Water for Chocolate
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