Skip to content

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.

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

Another quote →

More quotes by Ana Castillo

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?

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)

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.

Peel My Love Like an Onion (1999)

All Ana Castillo quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Ana Castillo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.