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Nativity is the enemy of prophecy—nativity and roots, which do not allow you to become a prophet in your own land, unless you disassociate from the familiarity of family.

— Giannina Braschi

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Nostalgia is a fruit with the pain of distance in its pit.

If you look for an identity you find inequality. If you look for similarities you separate one truth from another.

Liberty is not an option. It is a human right.

I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.

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When your heart is a party, solitude becomes crowded with memories.

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