"Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achie...












Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.
More Raquel Cepeda quotes
"Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most pe...
"More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our nat...
"She looks like an empty shell of a woman with her soul hovering above her. We believe in spiritual guías in Santo Domingo. Hers is her own self. I can...
"When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.
"I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the...
"While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labe...
"You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.