Cristina Henriquez said this quote

Sometimes I think I would rather just remember it in my head, all those streets and the places I loved. The way it smelled of car exhaust and sweet fruit. The thickness of the heat. The sound of dogs barking in alleyways. That's the Panama I want to hold on to. Because a place can do many things against you, and if it's your home or if it was your home at one time, you still love it. That's how it works.

~ Cristina Henriquez

I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world.

~ Cristina Henriquez

I took his razor from the shower floor, bits of his black hair still caked between the blades. I took his toothbrush from the sink counter and sucked on the bristles, trying to find the taste of him, but there was only the flavor of watery mint toothpaste....I pulled the sheets off the bed with the idea that I could gather up the imprint of him and save it. I thought, I can unfurl the sheets on our old bed at home. I can lie in the creases formed by his body. I can sleep with him again.

~ Cristina Henriquez

You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.

~ Cristina Henriquez