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“Everyone deserves somewhere where they can be reminded of their potential.”
“I can’t listen to you. I can’t listen to your voice. It’s as though I’d drunk a bottle of anise and fallen asleep wrapped in a quilt of roses. It pulls me along – and I know I’m drowning – but I go on down.”
― Bodas de sangre
― Bodas de sangre
“What comes from the heart goes to the heart”
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“She asked me what I wanted to be whenever I grew up. I had to think about that. We went past some barns and tobacco fields with their big yellow-green leaves waving in the sad evening light. She looked over at me and said, Hey, why so glum, chum?
I told her nobody had ever asked me that question before, about growing up and what I wanted to be, so I didn't know. Mainly, still alive.”
― Demon Copperhead
I told her nobody had ever asked me that question before, about growing up and what I wanted to be, so I didn't know. Mainly, still alive.”
― Demon Copperhead
“My head is full of fire
and grief and my tongue
runs wild, pierced
with shards of glass.”
― Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba
and grief and my tongue
runs wild, pierced
with shards of glass.”
― Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba
“I now visualize the current living generations standing in front of this lineage: the children (mine and my nieces and nephews) in front, my generation standing behind them, those in my parents’ generation behind us. Three generations in front of the ancestral lineages. The prayer goes like this—or at least this is my adaptation of it: From this place of light, love, and harmony, I ask you to bless us as we all stand here before you. I ask you to bless all the children in the lineage, including those who are yet to come. I ask you to bless all of us who stand behind these children as we struggle and muddle through. Bless us with your love and guidance. May there always be peace and harmony among us. I ask you to bless those who stand behind us, including those who I may not know or may have forgotten. Om, Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.
(Translated: peace, peace, peace.) I”
― Heal Your Ancestral Roots: Release the Family Patterns That Hold You Back
(Translated: peace, peace, peace.) I”
― Heal Your Ancestral Roots: Release the Family Patterns That Hold You Back
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