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“... happiness depends more upon the state of mind — and body, perhaps — than upon circumstances and events.”
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“Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”
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“To separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in leaving home I did not lose touch with my origins because lo mexicano is in my system. I am a turtle, wherever I go I carry 'home' on my back.”
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“She wasn't pleased a second daughter had split with her husband and we tried to keep out of each other's way. Stones of silent condemnation were thrown from every direction, relatives and friends who believed 'bad wives' were bad people.”
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“English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.”
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“Professionally I felt like a horse running in the wrong race.”
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“'Next time!' In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come?”
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“... a mother is not a person to lean upon, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”