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> [As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I could see the models that were presented to me did not include my world. In fact, 'I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/as-a-young-writer-i-was-on-guard-against-the-latina-in-me-the-spanish/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

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## More by Julia Alvarez

> [Independence didn't have to be exile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/independence-didn-t-have-to-be-exile/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/a-book-does-not-discriminate-against-any-reader-all-are-welcome-at/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [It's always gratifying to hear from a passionate reader, and as a longtime educator, I'm especially pleased and heartened when that reader is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/it-s-always-gratifying-to-hear-from-a-passionate-reader-and-as-a/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/i-admit-that-for-me-love-goes-deeper-than-the-struggle-or-maybe-what/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Literature is about being a complex, contradictory human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/literature-is-about-being-a-complex-contradictory-human-being/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Depression is always in the details.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/depression-is-always-in-the-details/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [I grew up in a dictatorship, where you couldn't talk about difficult situations - there was this culture of silence. We would run into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/i-grew-up-in-a-dictatorship-where-you-couldn-t-talk-about-difficult/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Terrence, the Roman slave who freed himself with his writings, once observed, "I am a human being. Nothing human is alien to me." That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/terrence-the-roman-slave-who-freed-himself-with-his-writings-once/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/each-of-us-will-have-to-make-the-choices-that-allow-us-to-be-the/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/for-me-the-writing-life-doesn-t-just-happen-when-i-sit-at-the-writing/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/i-think-it-is-important-to-know-how-to-teach-new-material-to-help/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/reading-is-a-way-to-take-in-the-difficult-situations-and-understand/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-i-write-to-find-out-who-i-am-i/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/the-elasticity-of-imagination-and-compassion-is-what-writing-and/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

> [Reading and thoughtfulness and openness are the best way, I should think, to begin to address the richness that is in each of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/reading-and-thoughtfulness-and-openness-are-the-best-way-i-should/)

[Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/)

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