H&M;, Kenneth Cole, Urban Outfitters, NY&Co;

Ugly Betty, Sex in the City, Scrubs, Friends

Office Space, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, V for Vendetta, The Matrix, Dirty Dancing, Wall-E

Latina, New York, Woman’s Health, Psychology Today

Loose Women (Sandra Cisneros), Beloved, Something to Declare (Julia Alvarez), Yo! (Juila Alvarez), The Dirty Girls Social Club (Alyssa Valdes-Rodriguez), Playing with Boys (Alyssa Valdes-Rodriguez), all about love (bell hooks), The Road Less Traveled (M. Scott Peck), Unequal Childhoods (Annette Laureu), The Shame of a Nation (J. Kozol), Divas Don’t Yield (Sofia Quintero), Dreamkeepers (Gloria Ladson-Billings)

Carrie: “I’m looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other love.”

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” - Paulo Coelho

“I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won’t win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings…” - Paulo Coelho

“...action is human only when it is not merely an occupation but also a preoccupation…” - Paulo Freire

“Part of la familia and also my own person, that full and impossible combination! Isn’t that what we all want - to put it all together and become that bigger version of our selves and still be loved by those who have only partially known us?” - Julia Alvarez

“Where there is a question there is no love; where there is love, there is no question.” - Yogi Tea Bag

“Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche.” - Pablo Neruda