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Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)

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A misinformed people is a subjugated people.

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)

The solution to your depression lies en esa cueva oscura [in this dark cave] and a deeper integration of your psyche.

Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality (2015)

They'd like to think I have melted in the pot. But I haven't. We haven't.

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)

Like a stone thrown into a pool, this book's ripples have touched people on numerous shores, affecting scholars and activists throughout the world.

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981)

Our images/feelings/thoughts have to be conflicted before we see the need for change.

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981)

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