Jimena Castillo Quotes

She dug through the clothes packed in the trunk until she found the blue halter top and black jeans she had been wearing the night Veto died. She wasn't sure why she had saved them, but she was glad she had, now. She was going to wear them tonight in honor of Veto.
She carried them back to her room, stood in front of the mirror over her dresser, and slipped on the gold earrings that had been a gift from Veto. Then she started to dress. She rubbed glitter lotion over her arms and painted black lines on her eyelids. She rolled on her mascara, then stood back. ~ Lynne Ewing

I was not born to live up to society's expectations of who I should be but rather I define my own individuality and my uniqueness for I chose to follow the path of being an extraordinary instead of just being ordinary. ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

Of the Scream: "Sing for me"
... Christine, asked him: "Why are you so good, with me?, and the ghost, said:
-Because, for a lot of time, I wasn't with any. ~ Eva Castillo Carón

Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies ... ~ Ana Castillo

To be truly free is to liberate yourself from worries. To have peace despite chaos engulfing your world, to let go and let God. To live one day at a time and to embrace the winds of change and not to chase what is not meant to be yours. To just wait patiently for God's Divine Timing and to savor the moment each day has to offer. ~ Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo

The familiarity is balm for my soul and I take a moment to soak it in, hoping my emotions don't choose this moment to betray me. ~ Linda Castillo

My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons. ~ Randy Castillo

Most of the Indians, particularly those living on the coasts and in the hotter climates, were given to unnatural lusts. To such a dreadful degree was this practised, that men even went about in female garments, and made a livelihood by their diabolical and cursed lewdness. ~ Bernal Diaz Del Castillo

Anyone can write but not everyone can crystallize that perfect moment which can make a heart skip a beat and dig deep into one's soul. - Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo' s Quotes ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

The mall at Christmastime was not for the faint of heart. I overloaded about thirty yards in. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

According to our social pyramid, all men who feel displaced racially, culturally, and/or because of economic hardships will turn on those whom they feel they can order and humiliate, usually women, children, and animals
just as they have been ordered and humiliated by those privileged few who are in power. However, this definition does not explain why there are privileged men who behave this way toward women. ~ Ana Castillo

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. ~ Ana Castillo

We may be lost stars in an ocean of constellations on a dark night but do remember we both belong to the same sky. I breathe the same air that you breathe, we both look at the same luminosity above us. You are the music and I am the lyrics. ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

We lingered there for just one more moment, and held each other, and savored the feeling of wanting and being wanted. Loving, and being loved. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

When he found out his wife was unfaithful, Hector Castillo told his son to get in the car because they were going fishing. It was after midnight but this was nothing unusual. The Rickenbacker Bridge suspended across Biscayne Bay was full of night fishermen leaning on the railings, avoiding going home to their wives. Except Hector didn't bring any fishing gear with him. He led his son, Carlito, who'd just turned three, by the hand to the concrete wall, picked him up by his waist, and held him so that the boy grinned and stretched his arms out like a bird, telling his papi he was flying, flying, and Hector said, "Si, Carlito, tienes alas, you have wings."

Then Hector pushed little Carlito up into the air, spun him around, and the boy giggled, kicking up his legs up and about, telling his father, "Higher, Papi! Higher!" before Hector took a step back and with all his might hoisted the boy as high in the sky as he'd go, told him he loved him, and threw his son over the railing into the sea. ~ Patricia Engel

Self-esteem. That's one of those catch-all terms that means nothing at all, but the mere mention of it leaves all the socially conscious liberal types nodding sagely and scratching their chins. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

You need to remember the best legacy you can give your kids is an example of a life well lived. They may listen to what you say, but they will do what you do. If you tell them to take care of yourself but you don't do it yourself, what kind of message are you sending? ~ Brooke Castillo

There are no rules to writing a song. ~ Randy Castillo

Old things are replaced by new ones but the only old ones that cant be replaced are the ones with something with our lives. ~ Anthony Castillo

You are the captain of your emotions. No one and nothing can control those feelings except you. You have the sole ability to either let these make or break you, inspire or destroy you.- Elizabeth's Quotes ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man. ~ Ana Castillo

I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can. ~ Kate Del Castillo

Authentic happiness lies in your state of perspective and not all about the state of your income. Real happiness runs deep from within and does not just walk on shallow waters.- Elizabeth's Quotes ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

Women Are Not Roses Women have no beginning only continual flows. Though rivers flow women are not rivers. Women are not roses they are not oceans or stars. i would like to tell her this but i think she already knows. ~ Ana Castillo

I've got more talent than everyone on their payroll put together," I said. Jacob squeezed me tighter. His eyes never moved from mine. "I'm so far beyond level five it's not even funny. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

And if you believe in God, I think She doesn't work that way either. ~ Ana Castillo

I think the age of 27 to 28 is ideal for the Salvadoran player to play qualifiers. That's why we've brought players who are between 23 and 24. I think in three years, they'll be well-armed to play qualifiers. ~ Agustin Castillo

Once innocence
an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists
encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And if that knowledge is employed, then it becomes wisdom. ~ Ana Castillo

Oh, hey," I said, "This is Roger, my new partner. Roger, this is Jacob, my, uh ... " God, could there be a worse word than "boyfriend?" It made us sound like Barbie and Ken. Or Ken and Ken. Or Ken and G.I. Joe. I told my mind to stop stalling and think of a way to say it. "My partner ... at home ~ Jordan Castillo Price

You've been foreign all your life. When you finally leave, all you're hoping for is a more bearable kind of foreignness. ~ Elaine Castillo

When not working, I use a lot of treatments; from ancient casero - honey, avocado, stuff like that - other times, I buy ones you leave on for a few minutes. I don't blow dry my hair ever unless for work; I'd rather go for the natural look. ~ Kate Del Castillo

I believe when you integrate charity in your craft and not just think of the fame and riches it would entitle you with, you will feel this true sense of fulfillment. Carry on your mission, of where God destined you to be- to use His gifts in good ways and not just for yourself. ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

I'd rather be a woman of substance than a mere beauty with nothing to offer.- Elizabeth's Quotes ~ Elizabeth E. Castillo

We're all a little broken. If we don't know what heartache feels like, how would we know joy when it comes to us? ~ L.G. Castillo

Or you can fake your own death," Bill suggested.
"Because really, that's the most cathartic resolution - if all your friends and family think you're dead. Everyone cries, they have a little rant about all your potential going to waste, they put on a memorial service and you can hide and see who bothers to come - and if you're really lucky, they bury an empty coffin. When they couldn't even be bothered to spot you a twenty 'til payday. You know how much booze you could buy for the cost of a single coffin? ~ Jordan Castillo Price

A psycho murderer who lubed. How considerate. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

The past is only a memory. Memories have no power to hurt you. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

Nothing is more prejudicial to war than talk. ~ Bernal Diaz Del Castillo

Kinda like trying to hold down a leaf in a tornado, but I'll try ~ Linda Castillo

Back when I was a two-handed bastard, I made the sheep of the population nervous by skulking around in my badass facial hardware and projecting the fact that I didn't give a shit. ~ Jordan Castillo Price

What the fuck happened to you? [...] You look like you lost a fight with a lamprey. Hickey, hickey...bruise, bruise, bruise...bite. I thought that thing on your neck the other day was just a fluke. I guess not--looks like you get off on picking up a few souvenirs when you...get off. ~Crash ~ Jordan Castillo Price