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Let me give you some advice, fall for the man who loves you more than you love him.
I prefer to be alone than in bad company. So if I can do things on my own, I do.
This is why I prefer not to talk, because if you don’t talk, it is more easy to forget the things of life.
That’s what therapists make you do. They make you spit on your mother. Everything is the mother’s fault.
You never heard that word? You said you’re dominicana. You don’t understand Spanish? Oh, just a little. OK. Desahogar: to undrown, to cry until you don’t need to cry no more.
When Ángela saw me cry, my sister said, You’re drowning in a glass of water.
What was your favorite comic book/cartoon character as a child? Books? Cartoons? Child? Ha! We were never children.
No, not the dreams we make for the future, but dreams from when we sleep and get information about our life. Sometimes we don’t know what is happening in us, but the dreams know. So we must listen. They can be like messages from something more big than us.
When you need each other to survive, you forgive. That’s the way it is.
The santeras lit their candles and sacrificed some animals, and the rest of us prayed to La Virgen de Altagracia, because even if she usually forgets about us, it’s better to have faith in something than nothing.
You can plan all you want, but nature will always show you who’s el jefe.
If you try to fix something that somebody do not want to fix they will hate you for it. To offer help is OK. To push, no.
But what I am trying to say is that a butcher and a prince have more in common when they are angry.
Everybody cannot be calm. To be calm is a luxury!
Learn this from me: Sometimes when you can’t change your ánimo you have to have people like Hernán to remind you about the important things in life. Sometimes we need help to not drown in a glass of water.
Sometimes life feels very small and other times it feels very rich. And when it feels small I think it’s because I don’t let myself, you know, enjoy the life.
He said, A talent with words is better than a few dollars in your pocket.
we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.
Freedom is being able to live your truth without having to apologize for it.
