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Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina Quotes: Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.
         

Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.


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Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.
         



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This page presents the quote "Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.". Author of this quote is Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina. This quote is about love, teenage-love, first-love, teenagers, lust, infatuation, affection, adolescence,.