Julia Reyes Quotes

You think you're all grown-up. You're only fifteen. You don't even know how to make a tortilla.

Y le dijo: HABLA ¿acaso era él un rey o un santo para gobernar así el silencio?

Y le dijo: HABLA ¿acaso era él un rey o un santo para gobernar así el silencio?

You better not be lying. You know I always find out." She points her spatula at me.

According to Mamá Jacinta, everyone is related to me somehow. I just nod, smile, and kiss everyone on the cheek like I'm supposed to.

Rebellious? Amá?" My mind can't process that. My mother is the most rigid person I know. "She never listened to me, always did what she wanted. You shouldn't be so hard on her, mija. She's been through so much.

Why aren't you ever happy? I try to do something nice, and this is how you act? Dios mío, who would have guessed I would have such an ungrateful daughter?" Amá is highly skilled in the art of guilt trips. She could win a gold medal.

Is there something you're not telling me?" she says, feeling my forehead. "I said no! Jesus Christ, leave me alone," I snap, which surprises both of us. "You're going to be sorry when I'm not around, you'll see." Amá turns back to the sink. She is always going on and on about how she'll be dead one day. Do all mothers do that?

emperador? —Antes de que el emperador os reciba, vos y yo tenemos que hablar; estoy seguro de que llegaremos a un acuerdo satisfactorio para vuestro rey y el mío. —Os recuerdo que sois francés como yo y estáis obligado a Luis. —¡Ah, mi buen rey Luis!

Put on an apron, and start heating these up. Amá says, pointing to the tortillas scattered throughout the kitchen. How do I know when they're done? You just know. I don't know what that means. What kind of girl doesn't know when a tortilla is done? She looks irritated already. Me. I don't Please just tell me. You'll figure it out. It's common sense.

Tía Fermina whispers the prayers so faintly I can't understand them. After she makes dozens of crosses all over my body, she says it's time to see inside the egg, to understand what's been stewing inside of me. Tía cracks the egg into a glass of water and holds it up to the light.. The waters turns thick and cloudy, and when we looks closer, we see a dot of dark blood in the center of the yolk.