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Dominican Quotes by Junot Diaz

12 Dominican quotes by Junot Diaz

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Junot Díaz’s twelve brief lines capture the pulse of Dominican life with his trademark blend of humor and raw honesty. Each snippet feels like a snapshot of street‑level conversation, offering a quick yet colorful glimpse into a vibrant community.

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I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.

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Shot at twenty-seven times - what a Dominican number...

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

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People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

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You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a…

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I was neither black enough for the black kids or Dominican enough for the Dominican kids. I didn't have a safe category.

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Dominican men are told to look at women all the time, but they're definitely not told to see them.

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Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means…

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As a Dominican man, you're socialized to be a playboy. You spend a lot of time being taught that women are important,…

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When people are always telling you that you have to have a lot of women, women are very important, there's a chance…

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“They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the…

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People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way…

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Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love…

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It took me sixteen years to write.

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You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year…

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Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken…

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The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it…

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“I used to think those were the barrio rules, Latinos and blacks in, whites out —a place we down cats weren’t supposed to go.…

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“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”

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I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that…

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“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…

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You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree…

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“Ramfis fled the country after Trujillo's death, lived dissolutely off his father's swag, and ended up dying in a car crash of his own…

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If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.

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“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.”

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The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.

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