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You say your city the way some Americans say this is their country. You never feel right saying that - my country. For some reason looking Mexican means you can't be American.

— Ana Castillo Peel My Love Like an Onion (1999)

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Protect him, yes, with my life; spare him of learning responsibility and to take care of himself, no.

Why is what is natural to women often seen as negative?

A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.

Peel My Love Like an Onion (1999)

In Lak Ech/tu eres mi otro yo–teaches about the ‘other’ and that we are all each other’s reflection.

Interview (2014)

We all participate in patriarchal patterns.

Interview (2014)

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