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At a certain point, I gave up on the idea that I’m not enough for other people…You are enough for you if you believe that you are enough for you. Wha… - Esmeralda Santiago
" "At a certain point, I gave up on the idea that I’m not enough for other people…You are enough for you if you believe that you are enough for you. Whatever they say — you’re not Latina enough, or feminine enough or smart enough, you know ... just say ‘fuck you.’ That’s their problem.
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Esmeralda Santiago (born May 17, 1948) is a Puerto Rican author and former actress.
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My own ancestors. I come from poor, landless peasants who left no records. And so I began to read the story of Puerto Rico, and the more I read the story the more I realized I would never find my own ancestors, but I could make my imaginary ancestors. And so the book emerges as a result of my trying to create them, to create the people that might have been.
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