Nobody, she felt, understood her-not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie – except her man.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I’ve learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.

Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.

The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.

Traveling further ingrained my desire to connect to a place other than an island that is slightly older, in a New World way, than the United States, especially after I found characteristics of my face in the faces of the people in my global community.

The gaping hole in her heart is amplified when she catches a glimpse of the strands of silver hair framing her once young face in the mirror.

Women destroy me. I allow them to.

In reality, Eduardo hoped the mask would make him appear vulnerable and self conscious, like a wounded animal these stupid women would fight each other over to mend.