Quotes Flashcards
Alibrandi
It makes me feel like…
It makes me feel like I will never be a part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are
Alibrandi
All this information
All this information I’ve gathered from Nonna and Mama, who was a child of the sixties, I’m going to try to remember it. So one day I can tell my children. And so that one day my granddaughter can try to understand me, like I’m trying to understand Nonna
Alibrandi
Also there were
Also there were no Europeans like me.
Alibrandi
Where’s the culture?
Where’s the culture? She asked in dismay. “She’s going to grow up, marry an Australian and her children
Alibrandi
Like all tomato days
Like all tomato days we had spaghetti that night. Made by our own hands. A tradition that I probably will never let go either, simply because like religion, culture is nailed into you so deep you can’t escape it. No matter how far you run.”
Alibrandi
My grandmother’s meddling
My grandmother’s meddling could put Mother Teresa in a bad mood”
Alibrandi
They would make
They would make our lives hell.”
Freedom
You can’t
You can’t go against your own people, your blood”
Freedom
Paco
Paco did it
Freedom
“I am my fathers
“I am my fathers daughter and when they call me to testify I will protect my own no matter what”
