Alma Guillermoprieto Quotes
I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news. 
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An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises.
- Alma Guillermoprieto
The best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes out looking like a brand-new glove again. I'm completely in awe of this skill, since I happen to be both bilingual and a writer, but nevertheless a lousy translator.
- Alma Guillermoprieto