- “Puerto Rico will rise triumphant from this ordeal into a new life, a life unique and individual. She will not become a ghost, as some of her sons think, nor has she ever been one.” – Pedro Albizu Campos, “Revolutionary Message” (1933)
- “I loved Puerto Rico passionately. I considered it the most beautiful place in the world.” – Julia de Burgos, “La Islona” (1936)
- “We have lived it all, and that is why we understand the difference between deception and happiness.” – Giannina Braschi, “Empire of Dreams” (1994)
- “Puerto Rico’s existence has always been an act of imagination; Puerto Rican culture and character have always resided in imagination.” – Eduardo Lalo, “Simone” (2004)
- “Each reef is like an island, a piece of art, a refuge where the spirit can wander.” – Ana Lydia Vega, “Encancaranublado” (1983)
- “The heart of Borinquen grows like a tree, towers over the mountains, and melts with the pink sky.” – Isabel Allende, “The House of the Spirits” (1982)
- “The charming isle of Puerto Rico, captured by the Caribbean Sea, nurturing beauty and warmth.” – José Gautier Benítez, “Borinquen” (1868)
- “My soul is like an almond tree that blooms in the night on a lonely ocean cliff, in a forgotten land.” – José Luis González, “In Jerusalem” (1955)
- “I remember Puerto Rico as being green and mysterious, with a sweet smell of fruits in the air.” – Rosario Ferré, “The House on the Lagoon” (1995)
- “Our specio-linguistic colonisers question our silence only when we speak, forgetting that a word can also be born from silence.” – Mayra Santos-Febres, “Sirena Selena” (2000)
WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Puerto Rico
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