Chantal Aurora

“And in fact, I am a foreigner everywhere in the world: as soon as I leave my home, I step into a void.”
― Semezdin Mehmedinović, My Heart

“You know, I just... I just feel like it's unfair, that my whole life is unfair, like I was born into the wrong place and family. I never belong anywhere. My parents don't understand anything about me. And my sister is gone. Sometimes I watch those stupid TV shows, you know? The ones where mothers and daughters talk about feelings and fathers take their kids to play baseball or get ice cream or some shit like that, and I wish it were me. It's so stupid, I know, to want your life to be a sitcom.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

“Sometimes I'm convinced the world wants me to shut up, that I'm better off folding myself into a million pieces.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

“I look at Connor, and a wave of sadness washes over me. I miss him, even though he’s sitting right in front of me. It’s hard to explain, but it reminds me of a haiku I once read: 'Even in Kyoto—/ hearing the cuckoo’s cry—/ I long for Kyoto.' I feel like that a lot. I get nostalgic before I have to.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter