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The Home Quotes
she is the Patroness of Exiles, (7)
Language and Communication Quotes
while listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juanthan to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here,and to Cubans perfecting their speech […] to Mexicans who pass...
Memory and The Past Quotes
a woman of no-age who was never pretty,who spends her days selling canned memories (8-9)
Community Quotes
who spends her days selling canned memorieswhile listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juanthan to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here, (9-12)