Quotes from Ernesto Quiñónez

A sadness like a coqui that has been told to remain silent and I wanted Taina to sing...

You know who loves you by the gifts they bring you. The gifts don't have to cost a lot, they just need to reflect a part of you and of the other person.

I have never had any difficulty falling asleep. No matter what problems I have. However terrible things are, I can sleep. It's like killing yourself and taking the easy way out. It's waking up that I dread. Every morning, I go through the five stages of death. I wake up in denial that I have to go to work. Then I get angry. Then I bargain with God, or myself, and try to call in sick. Then I feel guilty and go into remission, until finally I accept that the day will suck and I get up.

While gentrification has tamed El Barrio, it cannot rewrite its past...

In America, it's where you end up that matters, not how you get there. As long as you get there, no one asks questions. You don't ask. You never ask. And if someone does ask how you got there? It's usually a harmless person who never got anything, never got out, died paying rent as he waited for God to deliver him.

i think you're worth all the souls in hell. thass thousands of more souls than there are in heavan. So you're worth a lot, pana.