[about being at college] It was there I learned that Ponce, which seemed as large as the universe itself when I lived on Aurora Street, was really a … - Rosario Ferré

He created the house on the lagoon as one would create a poem or a statue, breathing life into its every stone. (chapter 6, p49)

There's still a fraternity of men. They admire themselves, and they admire each other's works. I think they are a little bit scared of women, too.

Puerto Rico, like all the countries of the Caribbean, is a nation where fantastic reality, the world of magic, is ever present. There are various sects of white magic, such as Santeria. It is a reality that is very palpable in our environment, and this is why there are no great differences between fantasy and reality...All Caribbean writers have this in common.