Spanglish (2004) · 14 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Spanglish (2004): in 3 of its 14 quotes
A line from Cristina MorenoAmerican women, I believe, actually the feel the same as Hispanic women about weight: a desire for the comfort of fullness. And when that desire is suppressed for style and deprivation allowed to rule, dieting, exercising American women become afraid of everything associated with being curvaceous: such as wantoness, lustfulness, sex, food, motherhood; all that is best in life.
Cristina Moreno I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define me. My identity rests firmly and happily on one fact: I am my mother's daughter. Thank you, Cristina Moreno.
Cristina Ay, mierda!
[Flor looks at her shocked]
