"The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to you that I don't belong to English though I belong nowhere else"

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Source : Roberto Tinoco Duran, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Gustavo Pérez Firmat (1987). “Triple Crown: Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American Poetry”, Bilingual Review Press

Gustavo Perez Firmat

#Writing Quotes #Facts Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“art is exposure. And until you've developed a degree of maturity to handle that knowledge, you are revealing what other people keep hidden.”
“Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.â€™”
“Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down.”
“Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.”
“Great art changes you.”
“I love swimming in the darker seas, so even if I play a noble guy (well, like Lincoln for instance) I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That's what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.”
“If I had a dollar for every million-dollar idea I've had, I'd be rich.”
“We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully...”

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