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Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
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“One night, walking on the street in the Colonia Portales, I become startled by my own train of thought. I am desperately poor right now, surviving on coffee, orange juice, and beer ('grain juice'), and tacos. Gigs for writers don't come easy. I am angry and depressed and feverish. I had moved to Mexico City on a whim and I knew it would be hard. What I fail to expect is that the delinquency mind-set would take over my brain. Who would stop me, I think, who would catch me, if I hop into that cab coming my way and start barking directions? Who would know or care if I held a knife to the driver's throat, demanded all his money, and threatened to kill him if he made any further moves? How would I feel when I got home at night, finally able to eat properly? p 123-4”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“[Dona Queta] says that her motherly advice is always the same: 'Only whores, thieves, and cops go out at night. Which one are you, asshole?' p. 157”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“In Tepito everything is for sale but dignity,” the maxim goes.”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“Everything is thrilling in Mexico City because everything is out of whack. There”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“Whatever! IT’S MEXICO!”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“Mexico is a society where a lot is denied in the official discourse,” Yoshua”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
“What about those who are not rich and famous, those who do not have a platform on which to transmit their case?”
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
― Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
