Havana Year Zero Quotes

“When the city and everything around you is a shambles, the best course of action is to build something, however small, something that will bring back the taste of the word future to your mouth.”
― Karla Suárez, Havana Year Zero

“It was, I imagine, like being in a country at war, but without the bombs, because the bomb had already exploded somewhere else and we were left with the penury, the lack of choice, the desolation.”
― Karla Suárez, Havana Year Zero

“We were living in a country being screened in slow motion and sometimes black and white, where the only things that weren't an uphill struggle were a smile, making love and dreaming. That's why we're always smiling here in Cuba, why we make love and dream all the time.”
― Karla Suárez, Havana Year Zero