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I just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I’m with you I have this sense that you want something from me.

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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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If you, like, consciously think about being cool, you're not cool. If you consciously think about being, like, different or original, you ain't different or original.
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People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.
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I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.
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I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.
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So the kind of boy I was, or that I was told to be, you were kind of this like half-gladiator, half-dude who, you know, was supposed to have as many girls as possible and work until your heart exploded, have no fear, you know.
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In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.
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