Marisabel

“You don't notice erosion when it's happening.”
― Quiara Alegría Hudes, My Broken Language

“If you're fluent in a language there's a place you belong.”
― Quiara Alegría Hudes, My Broken Language

“I had never read a book like abuela's living room, but still I savored it my preferred way - like the private, treasured pages of a novel.”
― Quiara Alegría Hudes, My Broken Language

“All these literary patriarchs paraded their woe like it was some main event. Hamlet brooded, Romeo beat his chest, Willy went mad. Why didn’t they dance like the Perez women? Were they so above the fray? No billboards or sitcoms had declared my Perez cousins queen, and I now saw freedom in this. No false thrones, just the shitstorm of life. Grab a shovel and sing a work song. Build a throne that’s real.”
― Quiara Alegría Hudes, My Broken Language