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> [“The night before I left my mother, I wrote a letter. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/the-night-before-i-left-my-mother-i-wrote-a-letter/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

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## More by Esmeralda Santiago

> [“Ana had experienced reactions like Ramon's in the mirrored salons of Sevilla society, in the waxed halls of the Convento de las Buenas Madres,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/ana-had-experienced-reactions-like-ramon-s-in-the-mirrored-salons-of/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [Another train will come. Why rush? Why worry? Why go crazy? Another train will come. And sure enough, another train going my way was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/another-train-will-come-why-rush-why-worry-why-go-crazy-another-train/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“In the Spanish-speaking Americas, Christmas is much more than a one-day event followed by a staggering credit card bill. The festivities last for weeks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/in-the-spanish-speaking-americas-christmas-is-much-more-than-a-one/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“There were more fights, more arguments, more yelling in the night, more long absences. Until it seemed as if anything would be better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/there-were-more-fights-more-arguments-more-yelling-in-the-night-more/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“They have no achievements of their own. They've made nothing, created nothing, worked at nothing. They will leave no trace that they ever existed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/they-have-no-achievements-of-their-own-they-ve-made-nothing-created/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/for-me-the-person-i-was-becoming-when-we-left-was-erased-and-another/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [Tell me who you walk with, and I'll tell you who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/tell-me-who-you-walk-with-and-i-ll-tell-you-who-you-are/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unknown?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/how-can-you-know-what-you-re-capable-of-if-you-don-t-embrace-the/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [In the twenty-one years I lived with my mother, we moved at least twenty times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/in-the-twenty-one-years-i-lived-with-my-mother-we-moved-at-least/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unkown?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/how-can-you-know-what-you-re-capable-of-if-you-don-t-embrace-the-2/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“It seemed too complicated, as if each one of us were really two people, one who was loved and the official one who, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/it-seemed-too-complicated-as-if-each-one-of-us-were-really-two-people/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [We're always going to have prejudices ... I don't think we can change society. You can only change individual by individual. And you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/we-re-always-going-to-have-prejudices-i-don-t-think-we-can-change/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“Envy, Doña Lola had once said, eats at you from the inside and turns your eyes green when you look at the person of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/envy-do-a-lola-had-once-said-eats-at-you-from-the-inside-and-turns/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [“It' her life, and she' in the middle of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/it-her-life-and-she-in-the-middle-of-it/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

> [What doesn't kill you, makes you fat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esmeralda-santiago/what-doesn-t-kill-you-makes-you-fat/)

[Esmeralda Santiago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esmeralda-santiago/)

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