“A person doesn't mourn forever.”

“The half-life of love is forever.”

“This is what I know: people's hopes go on forever.”

“You breathe nonstop, like a marathon runner, but it doesn't help.”

“I mean, shit, what Latino family doesn't think it's cursed?”

“Something must have happened, your mother speculated. In her mind a woman with no child could only be explained by vast untrammeled calamity.Maybe she just doesn't like children.Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.”

“Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.”