Quote by Rigoberto González Download Open image ““Funerals in México are also about drowning sorrow with liquor. The coffee is spiked with tequila”” — Rigoberto González ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It was the tequila that did it. Tequila is spiteful, two-faced, sweet as pie when you’re saying hi, paying your monies and throwing ‘em… — Simon Pont Copy Share Image
“Blood is pounding in my ears. Lingering smoke and tequila fill my nostrils as adrenaline courses through my veins. My lips curl into a… — Annie Walls Copy Share Image
“There's a reason people get drunk after funerals, and I suddenly know what it is: the flip side of sadness is a dark, devouring… — Hilary T. Smith Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, a half-bottle of breakfast tequila just isn’t enough to deal with the day’s reality.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“I knew I hated straight shots of anything except tequila. I was definitely a tequila girl.” — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“God, she detested tequila. In fact, while every part of her ached and death seemed so close, she detested everything. Except Tylenol. All she… — Suzanne Wright Copy Share Image
“That’s the last time I put you in charge of the tequila when we’re making margaritas” — JoAnne Kenrick Copy Share Image
“All the tequila in the world couldn't get her out of his mind and he knew it. She was in his head and in… — M. Leighton Copy Share Image
The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail.… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“I look through the window at the huge valley lit up with different colors. The town is cradled by the dark mountains. From afar… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm constantly telling my students is that they're never going to write a poem everyone gets, or if they do,… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I pay editors. I never ask friends or colleagues to work for free. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image