As outsiders looking in, my readers and I must reform how we think so we may open ourselves to new forms of knowledge.

— Cristina Marrero

Faith should be a tool to set us free, not a means to fuel a fascist agenda seeking to impede the civil liberties of the "us"s. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first... therefore, those who stand for their Pius self-righteousness in order to trample those they deem inferior will be the 'last' and the poor and oppressed shall be 'first.' If the self-righteous want a lesson on morality, then actually take a lesson from Jesus whose best friend was a former hooker and whose mother was a single parent.

— Cristina Marrero

For the first time in my life, I said the words, “I need a drink.

— Cristina Marrero

He who asserts belief with absolute certainty knows nothing of faith and makes himself into a fool. He who is wise, upon realizing they have done this, recants and searches themselves for further enlightenment.

— Cristina Marrero

If my God damns people for love but saves them for brute warfare, then that is not the God I know or wish to worship.

— Cristina Marrero

I would rather die an individual than live my life as a clone.

— Cristina Marrero

Language has everything to do with oppression and liberation. When the word "victory" means conquer vs. harmony and the word "equality" means homogenization vs. unity in/through diversity, then the liberation of a people from a "minority" class to "communal stakeholders" becomes much more difficult. Oppression has deep linguistic roots. We see it in conversations which interchange the idea of struggle with suffering in order to normalize abuse. We are the creators of our language, and our definitions shape the perceptions we have of the world. The first step to ending oppression is finding a better method of communication which is not solely dependent on a language rooted in the ideology of oppressive structures.

— Cristina Marrero

Love is a wildfire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man.

— Cristina Marrero

Maybe that's why life is so precious. No rewind or fast-forward...just patience and faith.

— Cristina Marrero

Normal is overrated, and so is spelling. You want perfection? Go out and buy a spell check, but know this: Spellcheck won't keep you warm at night or love you unconditional. I will stick to being abnormal and a bad speller. Makes life more interesting. After all, what fun is there in being normal or perfect?

— Cristina Marrero