Spanglish Quotes

Deborah So tell me again why I can't call him on his cell again?

Evelyn Besides that he turned it off?

Deborah Yeah.

Evelyn Forty messages starts to look needy.

Evelyn We have to talk.

Deborah Mother, are you buzzed?

Evelyn No. I quit drinking weeks ago! No one noticed, but I guess that's a pretty good indicator that I conducted myself quite well when I was drunk. But this isn't about me right now.

Deborah How are you nicer than me?

John You didn't set the bar that high.

Cristina Moreno American women, I believe, actually the feel the same as Hispanic women about weight: a desire for the comfort of fullness. And when that desire is suppressed for style and deprivation allowed to rule, dieting, exercising American women become afraid of everything associated with being curvaceous: such as wantoness, lustfulness, sex, food, motherhood; all that is best in life.

Deborah Clasky You were an alcoholic and wildly promiscuous woman during my formative years so that I'm in this fix because of you, it is your fault and I just needed that moment for us to build on.

John Oh, shit!

Cristina Ay, mierda!

John Clasky Do this for me or I'll set my hair on fire and start punching myself in the face! Yeah, yeah, you're right: that was an unusual way to make myself understood.

Deborah Clasky Flor! Look at this child! You could make a fortune doing surrogate pregnancy!

John Clasky I know I know we can't do anything, that brings a kind of satisfaction and release, BUT I'M STILL HAVING A GREAT TIME!

Flor Moreno Es lo que quieres para ti? Para llegar a ser alguien muy diferente a mí?

Deborah Do you really think that cupping my breast is going to solve the issue here?

John It's worked before.

Deborah Well, now it's infuriating me.

John Wrong breast.

John Clasky They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense. And trying not to blink so you don't miss anything. And all of that and you're you. It's just that you are drop dead crazy gorgeous,so much so, that I'm actually considering looking at you again before we finish up here.

Cristina Moreno I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define me. My identity rests firmly and happily on one fact: I am my mother's daughter. Thank you, Cristina Moreno.

John Clasky Worrying about your kids is sanity, and being that sane can drive you nuts.