"If you look for an identity you find inequality. If you look for similarities you separate one truth from another."

"Liberty is not an option. It is a human right."

"Nostalgia is a fruit with the pain of distance in its pit."

"Not every pigeon is a rat with wings. Not every rat with wings is a dove of peace."

"Metaphors are the beginning of the democratic system of envy. They look for what is dissimilar and try to make it sim…"

"When I was a little girl, my parents would say Puerto Rico can't be free because we would be poor like Cuba and poor …"

"Nativity is the enemy of prophecy—nativity and roots, which do not allow you to become a prophet in your own land, un…"

"Tragedy is all about losing. And humor is all about gaining perspective. Humour returns our gladness. And with gladne…"

"Puerto Ricans...castrate their children. As a reality check. Because they know the colonial systems will not allow th…"

"You cannot measure IQ through poetry."