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Quotes from When I Was Puerto Rican — Esmeralda Santiago

born 1948 Puerto Rico

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I wondered if men ever talked like this, if their sorrows ever spilled into these secret cadences.

When I Was Puerto Rican (1993)

For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created.

When I Was Puerto Rican (1993)

What doesn't kill you, makes you fat.

When I Was Puerto Rican (1993)

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