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> [There's nothing more true in being a child of a diaspora, a child of immigrants. We're completely new to our parents. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/there-s-nothing-more-true-in-being-a-child-of-a-diaspora-a-child-of/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/junot-diaz-531_accepted_there-s-nothing-more-true-in-being-a-chi_103539.jpg)

> [Used to be in the old days, only the pulp writers wrote like machines. Now everybody is expected to be literary John…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/used-to-be-in-the-old-days-only-the-pulp-writers-wrote-like-machines/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/junot-diaz-531_anomalies_used-to-be-in-the-old-days-only-the-pulp_1235714.jpg)

> [We're accepted as long as we conform to what we are expected to be, and I'm sure that's not any different for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-re-accepted-as-long-as-we-conform-to-what-we-are-expected-to-be/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/junot-diaz-531_accepted_we-re-accepted-as-long-as-we-conform-to_1237116.jpg)

> [As for my slowness as a writer - that's been a struggle, no question. We live in a culture that values and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/as-for-my-slowness-as-a-writer-that-s-been-a-struggle-no-question-we/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/junot-diaz-531_art_as-for-my-slowness-as-a-writer-that-s-be_1318333.jpg)

> [As expected: she, the daughter of the Fall, recipient of its heaviest radiation, loved atomically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/as-expected-she-the-daughter-of-the-fall-recipient-of-its-heaviest/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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## Other authors on Expected

## More by Junot Diaz

> [It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-might-interest-you-that-just-as-the-u-s-was-ramping-up-its/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/tell-her-that-you-love-her-hair-that-you-love-her-skin-her-lips/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [It took me sixteen years to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-took-me-sixteen-years-to-write/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-ask-everybody-you-know-how-long-does-it-usually-take-to-get-over/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/instead-of-finding-himself-in-nerd-heaven-where-every-nerd-gets-fifty/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-one-thing-about-being-a-dude-and-writing-from-a-female/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-used-to-think-those-were-the-barrio-rules-latinos-and-blacks-in/)

[Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-put-my-hand-on-her-knee-i-just-wish-you-d-say-you-love-me/)

[Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-ve-always-thought-that-you-don-t-love-a-country-by-turning-a-blind/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/called-her-a-whore-and-attacked-her-walls-tearing-down-her-posters/)

[Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-re-dominican-only-if-you-do-this-this-and-that-and-if-you-do-this/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/ramfis-fled-the-country-after-trujillo-s-death-lived-dissolutely-off/)

[Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-didn-t-grow-up-like-i-did-then-you-don-t-know-and-if-you-don-t/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-ask-me-i-don-t-think-there-are-any-such-things-as-curses-i/)

[Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

> [The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-only-difference-between-a-published-and-unpublished-writer-is-a/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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