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When i say ours was a love affair, it is an expression of nostalgia and melancholy for the depth of our empathy. (p39)

— Ana Castillo The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986)

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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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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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