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

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

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

Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.

Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn't only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, making this book a transcendent piece of American literature.

The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.