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Julia’s best friend Lorena is a saucy, sarcastic, and daring young woman. Though the boy-crazy Lorena and the quiet, aloof Julia couldn’t be more different, they’ve been best friend since childhood, and have stood with one another through thick and thin as the years have gone by. Lorena is self-centered but fiercely protective of Julia, always looking out for her around her nosy, judgmental family—and later in the novel, around Connor. Lorena supports Julia in her lowest moments, but also calls her out when she’s being the worst version of herself—something that Julia resents. Lorena is herself struggling with many of the same issues Julia is, though for different reasons—disconnection from her mother, resentment and anxiety about structural poverty, and feelings of grief and loss, albeit due to the death of her father rather than her sister. Lorena and Julia always have one another’s backs, and when they tearfully part ways at the end of the novel as Julia prepares to head off to New York City for college, Lorena is sure to remind Julia just how much she loves her.
Lorena Quotes in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
The I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter quotes below are all either spoken by Lorena or refer to Lorena. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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The sky is still dark, but it’s beginning to brighten. There are beautiful, faint streaks of orange over the lake. It looks like it’s been cracked open.
I think of Jazmyn’s face when I told her about Olga. Everywhere I go, my sister’s ghost is hovering.
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Chapter 10
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“Sometimes it’s like you think you’re too good for everything. You’re too hard on people.” Lorena doesn’t make eye contact.
“That’s because I am too good for everything! You think this is what I want? This sucks. This sucks so hard, I can’t take it sometimes.” I swing my arms, gesturing toward I don’t know what. I’m so angry my ears feel as if they’re on fire.
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Lorena Quotes in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
The I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter quotes below are all either spoken by Lorena or refer to Lorena. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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The sky is still dark, but it’s beginning to brighten. There are beautiful, faint streaks of orange over the lake. It looks like it’s been cracked open.
I think of Jazmyn’s face when I told her about Olga. Everywhere I go, my sister’s ghost is hovering.
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Chapter 10
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“Sometimes it’s like you think you’re too good for everything. You’re too hard on people.” Lorena doesn’t make eye contact.
“That’s because I am too good for everything! You think this is what I want? This sucks. This sucks so hard, I can’t take it sometimes.” I swing my arms, gesturing toward I don’t know what. I’m so angry my ears feel as if they’re on fire.
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