“cry,child,for those without tears have a grief which never ends."-mexican saying”

“cry, child, for those without tears have a grief which never ends.”

“there are choices you have to make not just once, but every time they come up."-chente”

“viva la vida loca(live the crazy life)”

“if you ain't from no barrio, then you aint born."-a ten year old boy”

“there are choices to make not just once, but every time they come up."-chente”

“It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes on Gaarvey Boulevard who took our money, all smudged into one. Sometimes they were teachers who jumped on us Mexicans as if we were born with a hiduous stain. we were always afraid. Always Running.”