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Noemí’s father said she cared too much about her looks and parties to take school seriously, as if a woman could not do two things at once.

— Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic (2020)

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People love to classify things as black and white, good or bad, but I’ve seldom met any one who can be neatly defined and classified…

It’s never as fun seeing the monster as much as imagining.

I am partial to quiet, slow, psychologically intricate work.

Mortals have always been frightened of the night's velvet embrace and the creatures that walk in it, and yet they find themselves mesmerized by it.

Gods of Jade and Shadow (2019)

In my experience, the term magic realism is often overused and stereotypical, spoken without much thought.

Saying Goodbye to Magic Realism" essay (2022)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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