“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
“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
“I was the barefoot schoolgirl in my barrio apartment; he was a star flashing past us all, and the glow would disappear with him when he left again.” RomanceSportsRelationshipsContemporaryMelancholyFuriaOwn Voice Book:Furia Source: Furia