Big Chicas Don't Cry Quotes

“Ay, Marisol. When will you learn that living with something you don’t love is not living at all?”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Sometimes, you find the strength to do what scares you most if you believe your life will be better because of it.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“A gift is a gift, and you should always be grateful for anything someone gives you out of love. The day you tell someone what to give you is the day you no longer get gifts out of love, but rather obligation. Well, for me, I’d rather have the love.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“courage to do what I wanted and not what everyone expected.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I just think that sometimes holding on to only the bad things that happened to us leaves us too tired to enjoy the good.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“She’d always told us that people who hurt us don’t deserve our tears.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Not because I wasn’t proud of my Mexican heritage. Sometimes I was just too tired to defend it.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“The day you tell someone what to give you is the day you no longer get gifts out of love, but rather obligation.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“sometimes holding on to only the bad things that happened to us leaves us too tired to enjoy the good.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Family is the most important thing in this world. Sometimes, though, you don’t realize it until you don’t have it anymore.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“A gift is a gift, and you should always be grateful for anything someone gives you out of love.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I realized then that Welita’s legacy wasn’t the recipes she had left behind on those yellowed and frayed index cards. It was all of us. It was family.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Lesson one: Never let your guard down. The second you think you’re in control—bam! Chaos ensues. Lesson two: Logic doesn’t always win arguments. Sometimes you just have to accept that no matter what you say, you can’t change minds. Lesson three: It never hurts to ask for help. Especially from the Big Guy.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Funny thing about losing the people you love—it makes you want to hold on to the ones you still have.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I have the perfect excuse to spend time with you, Gracie. You’re not a basket case at all. And you know it. In fact, you’re one of the sweetest and most caring people I’ve ever known. You’re beautiful on the inside and out.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Love lost can be a painful thing—my welita was proof of that. I didn’t like feeling vulnerable. But I also didn’t want to be alone for the rest of my life.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I figured when I found the right person, it would happen naturally. Dancing in Tony’s arms felt that way.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I wanted to tell him that he couldn’t buy or kiss his way out of everything. I wanted to tell him that I felt like I didn’t exist anymore in this marriage. I wanted to tell him that if he wasn’t careful, his best friend could steal me away.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“God doesn’t care what country you’re from or whether your skin is white, brown, black, or green. He calls people to serve based only on what’s inside their heart.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Be empowered, Erica. Be the chingona of your own life.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“How could I know at that moment that the lemon tree and the promise we’d just made would only survive a few more summers?”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I know we’ll always be cousins. But this way we’ll always remember that we promised to be Best Cousins, okay?”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“The truth was, the only real thing I wanted from Adrian now had nothing to do with tacos and everything to do with his feelings for me.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“someone gives you out of love. The day you tell someone what to give you is the day you no longer get gifts out of love, but rather obligation.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Because, I didn’t want him to stay because of the baby. I wanted him to stay because of me,” I said.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“It means I’m going to have a baby,”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“My family included some of the nosiest, most frustrating, most meddling people around. But I loved every single one of them.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“Well, at least my hair is somewhat tamed. Although, I bet by the end of the day, my wild curls will be back.” “Good. Because I like those wild curls even more.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“it’s been killing me not to kiss you every single time we see each other.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry

“I was falling in love with Adrian Mendes.”
― Annette Chavez Macias, Big Chicas Don't Cry