Raquel Cepeda Quotes about Travel

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Raquel Cepeda

Travel, Heart, Mcdonalds

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water

Raquel Cepeda

Travel, Wall, Ocean

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Raquel Cepeda

Travel, Xenophobia, Racism

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground

Raquel Cepeda

Travel, Home, Years

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most people

Raquel Cepeda

Beautiful, Travel, Thinking

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.187, Simon and Schuster