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The men sitting on the balconies of our new domicile were all stripped to the waist with their bellies well in view, like the Budai, those laughing Buddhas who promised financial success to merchants and to others joy, if they rubbed their ...more

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“Our family was stuck in a cosmic hamster wheel of toxic love, making the same mistakes, saying the same words, being hurt in the same ways generation after generation. I didn’t want to keep playing a role in this tragedy of errors.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

tags: dysfunctional-families, family, furia, independence, latinx, latinx-literature, legacy, life-lessons, relationships

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“This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

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“I headed toward the exit, but he shifted his weight so that he was in front of the door. “I want to leave.” I hoped my voice sounded forceful enough. “Why?” His tone was light, like he and I were playing a game. A sick, nerve-wracking game.”
― Zalika Reid-Benta, Frying Plantain

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“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you'd been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you're suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

tags: growing-up, life, uncertainty

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“I've had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I've learned most of them are other people's problems, not mine.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

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