8 Quotes about Life from Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina (by Raquel Cepeda)

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Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina quotes about life

This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our natural ability to carry the past in our bodies and minds. Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation. I quietly thank this ancestor of mine for surviving the trip so that I could one day return.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves…sometimes even physically.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina


Hip-hop…has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

— Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina