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> [“Down the street, the trees are imprisoned equidistantly in square plots of dirt. Everything else is concrete. Lourdes remembers reading somewhere about how Dutch elm disease wiped out the entire species on the East Coast except for a lone tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/down-the-street-the-trees-are-imprisoned-equidistantly-in-square/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

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## More by Cristina García

> [“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/the-war-that-killed-my-grandfather-and-great-uncles-and-thousands-of/)

[Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“I become convinced that you have to live in the world to say anything meaningful about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/i-become-convinced-that-you-have-to-live-in-the-world-to-say-anything/)

[Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“To live your life even half right seems extraordinary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/to-live-your-life-even-half-right-seems-extraordinary/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“Jan-Peter offered to teach me the language of Amsterdam's red light district. ...But after his first phrase--'Using the back door will cost you double'--I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/jan-peter-offered-to-teach-me-the-language-of-amsterdam-s-red-light/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“Would you mind taking off your shirt?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/would-you-mind-taking-off-your-shirt/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [I wish I could live underwater. Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea’s consoling silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/i-wish-i-could-live-underwater-maybe-then-my-skin-would-absorb-the/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“Felicia stayed on the fringe of life because it was free of everyday malice. It was more dignified there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/felicia-stayed-on-the-fringe-of-life-because-it-was-free-of-everyday/)

[Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll live forever. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/nobody-is-ready-for-death-if-you-ask-joe-blow-on-the-street-he-aint/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“She ponders the transmigrations from southern latitudes. the millions moving north. What happens to their languages? The warm burial grounds they leave behind? What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/she-ponders-the-transmigrations-from-southern-latitudes-the-millions/)

[Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“Down the street, the trees are imprisoned equidistantly in square plots of dirt. Everything else is concrete. Lourdes remembers reading somewhere about how Dutch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/down-the-street-the-trees-are-imprisoned-equidistantly-in-square/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“For many years in Cuba, nobody spoke of the problem between blacks and whites. It was considered too disagreeable to discuss. But my father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/for-many-years-in-cuba-nobody-spoke-of-the-problem-between-blacks-and/)

[Cristina García](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“I imagine these men sitting in fashion control centers around the world thinking of new ways to torture women, new ways to make them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/i-imagine-these-men-sitting-in-fashion-control-centers-around-the/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“...No small amount of schadenfreude. Do you know what that means?" "Dad, it's the lifeline of gossip. Of course I know what it means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/no-small-amount-of-schadenfreude-do-you-know-what-that-means-dad-it-s/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [You have to live in the world to say anything meaningful about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/you-have-to-live-in-the-world-to-say-anything-meaningful-about-it/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

> [“Poetry by its very nature is subversive . . . It turns words inside out, confounds meaning, changes black and white to ambiguous shades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/poetry-by-its-very-nature-is-subversive-it-turns-words-inside-out/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

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