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> [“More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our natural ability to carry the past in our bodies and minds. Individually, every grain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/more-than-anything-this-place-feels-familiar-i-bury-my-hands-in-the/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

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## More by Raquel Cepeda

> [Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/janet-mock-s-honest-and-sometimes-searing-journey-is-a-rare-and/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [“She looks like an empty shell of a woman with her soul hovering above her. We believe in spiritual guías in Santo Domingo. Hers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/she-looks-like-an-empty-shell-of-a-woman-with-her-soul-hovering-above/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/this-thing-i-am-feeling-i-m-almost-certain-is-the-closest-i-ll-ever/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [“Listen kid, it’s just you and me now, so let’s help each other out. Always be honest with me, and show me how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/listen-kid-it-s-just-you-and-me-now-so-let-s-help-each-other-out/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [“Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend racial checkboxes altogether and enable Latino-Americans to rethink what America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/perhaps-finding-out-that-we-carry-new-world-history-in-our-genes-will/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/paradise-is-a-state-of-being-more-than-just-the-name-of-a-suburb-or-a/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [Women destroy me. I allow them to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/women-destroy-me-i-allow-them-to/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [“The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/the-tension-between-people-is-palpable-and-the-ideal-of-what-it-means/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/the-things-that-come-to-us-easily-our-propensities-are-carried-on-a/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/the-truth-is-usually-left-for-us-to-hunt-and-gather-independently-if/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/the-past-is-buried-deep-within-the-ground-in-rabat-although-the/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [Nobody, she felt, understood her-not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/nobody-she-felt-understood-her-not-her-mother-not-her-father-not-her/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/when-we-illuminate-the-road-back-to-our-ancestors-they-have-a-way-of/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [“The gaping hole in her heart is amplified when she catches a glimpse of the strands of silver hair framing her once young face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/the-gaping-hole-in-her-heart-is-amplified-when-she-catches-a-glimpse/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

> [Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/come-to-think-of-it-maybe-god-is-a-he-after-all-because-only-a-cruel/)

[Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/)

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