Something in Between Quotes

“Do you ever sense a little silver sliver of sadness around your happiest memories?

I'm not sure I know what you mean...

I do. There's something about remembering that just isn't the same as the real thing. No matter how happy it makes you feel. When you remember something, you have to recognize that the moment will never happen again.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“I can't think of anything I'm not grateful for.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“Oh, wonderful, a president who hates immigrants.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. —WILLA CATHER, MY ÁNTONIA”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a moment you can't choose who you want to be.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“The truth is, immigrants tend to be more American than people born here.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“No one - not the law, not a college admissions officer, not your friends, not your teachers or parents or any other people, can define who you are. The only person who can do that is you. Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a moment you can't choose who you want to be.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“Hay que tener un gran valor para enfrentarse a nuestros enemigos, pero se necesita aún más valor para enfrentarse a nuestros amigos. —J. K. ROWLING, HARRY POTTER Y LA PIEDRA FILOSOFAL”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Un lugar para mí

“sé la heroína de tu vida, no la víctima. —NORA EPHRON”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Un lugar para mí

“«No hay nada en todo el mundo que tenga más relevancia que saber que tú tienes razón y que las masas están equivocadas y, aun así, que las masas te arrollen».”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Un lugar para mí

“Es el reto al que nos enfrentamos todos. ¿Qué podemos hacer para mejorar nosotros y este país? ¿Qué podemos hacer para ser recordados? ¿Quiénes queremos ser?”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Un lugar para mí

“You think you’re too good for me, don’t you, National Scholar. But you’re just a mail-order bride and that’s all you are. I can’t believe my brother hasn’t seen through you. You should have been long gone by now.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“I hope he’s not just dating you so you can be his maid,” he says.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“I read somewhere that a lot of kids of immigrants grow up quickly and are given more responsibility than other kids. Their parents tend to depend on them, mostly because the kids can speak the language better and can act as a conduit to mainstream American society. The child becomes the parent, and the parent, the child.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“We’re not all created equal. There are the Carries and Royces of the world, high up in their gated mansions and their fancy schools, and then there’s me and my family, who are just struggling to keep our footing. Though our paths may cross momentarily, maybe it’s better to stick to our own circle, so we don’t get hurt when we crash into each other.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“He’s brilliant—he could have made millions in Silicon Valley, but he’d rather teach and mentor students,” she says. “Not enough of those kind of people out there.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“Snobs are the worst. Especially elite snobs like her, who think they’re so sophisticated when really, they’re closed-minded. They live in their fancy bubble and think that’s all there is to life. I turn away, but she’s not done with me yet.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“Be careful what you say,” Gladys says, tapping the counter with a pen. “When you’re older, you’ll want your man to dress better. Some can get pretty lazy. After enough years together, you could find yourself begging him not to wear sweatpants to the Christmas party. Like I know I’ll have to do with Bob again this year.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources—because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“What’s certain is that I’m not going to be stuck with my parents’ limited options. My mom graduated top of her class in the Philippines, but in America she cleans up vomit in a hospital, and my dad, the smartest man I know, drives a bus for a living.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“She’s fifth-generation Mexican American, which means she learned Spanish in class just like I did.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something In Between

“You're wrong, love. It's not a fairytale," I say, leading him to join the party so we can dance together. "It's better. It's our life.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between

“But Mom thinks we can't live in fear, that we have to try and win legal status. We have to risk it."
"She's right, your mother," she says. "Without risk, there's no reward.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Something in Between