Paola Santiago and the River of Tears Quotes

“Pao didn’t know much about love (except that what most people called love was actually just an overproduction of the oxytocin hormone in the brain),”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“Guess I underestimated you,” Naomi said after a long moment. “Sorry I ran off.” “Sorry I tied you to a cot.” “Yeah, that was kind of rude.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“He was hideous, she thought. Dangerous. A monster. But he trusted her, and right now that was enough to make up the rest. Isn't that what everyone wants? Pao asked herself. To be loved even though they're kind of a monster?”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“Bigotry wore a lot of different faces—she knew that well, even though she hadn’t started seventh grade yet.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“If you think my candles and cards are responsible for all the prejudice against Latinx people in this world, Paola Santiago, you have a lot more to learn about the people in it,”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“The chase became a dance, Pao drawing the woman to corners of the cave where Ondina and the orb would be out of her line of sight. And it worked. Until it didn’t.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“test.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“the”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“At least for now.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears