Erzulie's Skirt Quotes

“We're going home. Forget this country, the gold is too expensive.”
― Ana-Maurine Lara, Erzulie's Skirt

“Hubo un lugar donde los dos desapareciaron
Donde susurraban los secretos de su deseo
Se miraban a través de la oscuridad
Se admiraban y en silencio de decían:
Amor te quiero
Sabes que te deseo
Amor nos iremos de aquí un día
La pesadilla que nos ata desaparecerá”
― Ana-Maurine Lara, Erzulie's Skirt

“Her world lost it’s color and Miriam felt herself drowning, drowning in its darkness.”
― Ana-Maurine Lara, Erzulie's Skirt

“The neighbors only think about how we are different. They don’t see how we are the same.”
― Ana-Maurine Lara, Erzulie's Skirt