Quotes by : Junot Díaz

Alma is in a painting phase, and the people she paints are all the color of mold, look like they've just....

...what a surprise (we all know how tolerant the tolerant are)-...

You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary....

Something must have happened, your mother speculated. In her mind a woman with no child could only be....

You can't regret the life you didn't lead.

Don't panic. Say, Hey, no problem. Run a hand through your hair like the whiteboys do even though the....

My African roots made me what I am today. They’re the reason I’m from the Dominican Republic. They’re....

You don't know what it's like to grow up with a mother who never said a positive thing in her life, not....

We're on speaking terms today. I say, Maybe we should hang out with the boys, and you shake your head.....

You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me. There's a lot out there.