I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.

Erin Gruwell
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  1. A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children - Markus Zusak

  2. When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?"... - Erma Bombeck

  3. The soul is healed by being with children. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  4. The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. - Karl Lagerfeld

  5. I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. - Anne Lamott

More Quotes By Erin Gruwell
  1. I won't be sad too often, If they bury me in the library With bookworms in my coffin.

  2. Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses

  3. A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.

  4. LibrariesAreNeccessaryGardens, UnsurpassedAtGrowingExcitement

  5. I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

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