Ana Castillo

“What is a woman? A woman is everything. A woman is the embodiment of the earth.”

“Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them.”

“To be a feminist is to be a humanist.”

“We have to be the repository of our own history.”

“The true revolution is the revolution of consciousness.”

“Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things that are killing you, even if it's your own damn country.”

“I've always been an activist. I've been a feminist. I've been a socialist.”

“If there is one thing I have learned in my years on this planet, it's that the happiest and most fulfilled people are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self-interest.”

“Language is the only homeland.”

“I am an observer of life, a non-participant who takes notes.”

“Art is the keeper of our historical memory.”

“Storytelling is the only way we have of knowing who we are.”