“I’d leave this house the first chance I got, but not by chasing after a boy, including my brother. I’d do it on my own terms, following my dreams, not someone else’s.” InspirationalRelationshipsFamilyCourageWise WordsFeministOwn Voices Book:Furia Source: Furia
“Twenty years from now, would that be me? Would I be resigned to my fate, pushing my daughter toward the light so she could be free? Or pulling her down so I wouldn’t be along in the dark?” FamilyFateYoung Adult FictionFamily RelationshipsMother Daughter RelationshipLatinxOwn VoicesLatinx LiteratureFuria Book:Furia Source: Furia
“Our family was stuck in a cosmic hamster wheel of toxic love, making the same mistakes, saying the same words, being hurt in the same ways generation after generation. I didn’t want to keep playing a role in this tragedy of errors.” Life LessonsRelationshipsFamilyIndependenceLegacyDysfunctional FamiliesLatinxLatinx LiteratureFuria Book:Furia Source: Furia
“The sense of wonder and possibility – that I owed to the Argentine women who had fought for freedom before the universe conspired and the stars aligned to make me.” InspirationalFreedomFamilyFeminismLatin AmericaArgentinaLatinxOwn VoicesFuria Book:Furia Source: Furia