Catfairy books

“Everything I knew about Cuba came from this coastal town, hundreds of miles from the island that was so unknown to me. I met my culture in the food I ate at our table, the songs that played on my abuela’s record player, and the stories that flowed through the bodega and Ana- Maria’s lively home. But I couldn’t find my family in those stories. I couldn’t find me.”
― Nina Moreno, Don't Date Rosa Santos

“I begged time to slow so I could live in this moment a little longer. Gather all of this up and press these moments between pages like flowers.

Tonight was a homecoming alive with music, life, and joy.”
― Nina Moreno, Don't Date Rosa Santos

“People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they’re not. There’s no telling how long you will have them near.”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“Sometimes it felt like the idea of being cursed was all in my head. Like it was a fabled warning to remind me to work hard and focus on my goals. The women before me had lost too much for me to be anything but firmly focused on the future. I was meant to achieve and make all of the loss, heartache, and sacrifices mean something.”
― Nina Moreno, Don't Date Rosa Santos