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Tatiana de la tierra
3 quotes
“I dreaded those public moments that highlighted the fact that I was a foreigner. Sometimes I sat at my desk, plotting my revenge. I would master the English language. I would infiltrate the gringo culture without letting on that I was a traitor. I would battle in their tongue and make them stumble. I would cut out their souls and leave them on the shore to be pecked on by vultures.”
Tatiana de la tierra (1961–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On attending school after she immigrated with her family from Colombia to the United States in “tatiana de la tierra” (Making Queer History; 2019 May 14)
“The early days of esto no tiene nombre were the happiest time in my life. I had a vision, I had hope, and I was not alone. There was a lot of love going around then — sexual love, spiritual love, friendship love, literature love, publishing love. Perfect love.”
Tatiana de la tierra (1961–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Crying is bullshit. In a certain way, everything fits. When you’re alive, you fit. You may not fit within certain particulars, but that’s when you self-publish. That’s the good thing about today…”
Tatiana de la tierra (1961–2012) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her advice to writers who might feel they do not fit a particular mold in the interview “She Does It Her Way: tatiana de la tierra” in La Bloga (2010 Aug 1)