Quotations (7)

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"There was only one word - you. It applied to all people. Everyone equal. No one higher or lower than anyone else. No one more distant or more familiar. You. They. Me. I. Us. We. There were no words that changed from feminine to masculine…
From Cristina Henriquez on tumblr (http://unknownamericans.tumblr.com/yourstory) "One of my hopes for The Book of Unknown Americans was that it might tell stories people don't usually hear. And now, another hope: that we will all tell our…
"Back then, all we wanted was the simplest things: to eat good food, to sleep at night, to smile, to laugh, to be well." Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans, p.3
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“You can come back one day. Or I could come there." "Maybe." "I could find you." "Finding is for the things that are lost. You don't need to find me, Mayor.” ― Cristina Henriquez, The Book of Unknown Americans
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“It's in you,' my dad assured me once. 'You were born in Panamá. It's in your bones.'
You never know what life will bring...But that's what makes it so exciting, no? That's what keeps me going. The possibility.
"sleep was like wealth, elusive and for other people.”