Raquel Cepeda quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Raquel Cepeda

Raquel Cepeda Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Raquel Cepeda on Wise Famous Quotes.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.

Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: For some, excavating the past isn't an adventure, it's more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

For some, excavating the past isn't an adventure, it's more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: If it weren't for her setting me free, I may still be a caged bird today, holding my own daughter captive on a shit-laden perch.

If it weren't for her setting me free, I may still be a caged bird today, holding my own daughter captive on a shit-laden perch.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Women destroy me. I allow them to.

Women destroy me. I allow them to.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.

There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Hip-hop ... has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

Hip-hop ... has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: This thing I am feeling, I'm almost certain, is the closest I'll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

This thing I am feeling, I'm almost certain, is the closest I'll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: We aren't encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

We aren't encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.

This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: A mother isn't the person who births you; it's the person who rears you and shows you love.

A mother isn't the person who births you; it's the person who rears you and shows you love.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: The gaping hole in her heart is amplified when she catches a glimpse of the strands of silver hair framing her once young face in the mirror.

The gaping hole in her heart is amplified when she catches a glimpse of the strands of silver hair framing her once young face in the mirror.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse.

Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

Raquel Cepeda quotes: We travel with the same clan over and over again, from one life to the next, until some ultimate purpose is fulfilled and we no longer need to return.

We travel with the same clan over and over again, from one life to the next, until some ultimate purpose is fulfilled and we no longer need to return.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy

To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy

Raquel Cepeda quotes: The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.

The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves ... sometimes even physically.

When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves ... sometimes even physically.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you'll see someday.

You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you'll see someday.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Hip-hop is storytelling.

Hip-hop is storytelling.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Lately, Mami's eyes have been so dark, I don't like looking into them because I'm afraid I'll fall in.

Lately, Mami's eyes have been so dark, I don't like looking into them because I'm afraid I'll fall in.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.

The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess's playground

If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess's playground

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.

I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.

Raquel Cepeda quotes: The hospital room was as cold as dead skin, the hallway crowded with lost souls and reeking of illness.

The hospital room was as cold as dead skin, the hallway crowded with lost souls and reeking of illness.