George Washington Gomez Quotes

“Their country! There you are. Their filthy lies are all over you already. I was born here. My father was born here and so was my grandfather and his father before him. And then they come, they come and take it, steal it and call it theirs.”
― Americo paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“Time is the best of friends.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“I'm working and I'm gonna study nights. Sometimes I get to thinking and I say to myself, 'Who the hell am I? Just a poor Damn Mexican that's worth less than a dog in this cursed country.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“Some of these young spiks get too much schooling. Then they start gettin' ideas they're as good as white people.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“These Damn greasers! They get snootier and lazier everyday. Worse than niggers. That one there was too good for picking cotton. I don't see why we waste tax money sending them to school. Taking the bread out of white people's mouths”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“Forever thinking about depressing things, about ancient mysteries, dreaming about graves and funerals and dyings.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“She was a funny one, he thought. She liked to read all kinds of things, especially novels about the strange and mysterious”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“They would grow up and marry like all girls did.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

“What did I come here from Mexico for? Because I thought that here I could find work and peace. Why do we have to hate each other? It's a sin, I tell you!”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel