Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

I was surrounded by a lot of male writers of color who have this incredibly bizarre relationship to masculinity. It's like we were all mega-nerds but you would never know that if you listened to the way they talk about themselves.

I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.

You can't regret the life you didn't lead.

I'm having so much trouble with writing. Maybe if I help other people, it'll be easier for me.

Sucks to be left out of adolescence, sort of like getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time in a hundred years.