“That night my parents told me what my cousin had suggested. I said no, absolutely not! I turned and walked away as fast as I could. My parents really had no idea how much it had hurt me all these years to go to school. I was done with all book learning.”

—  Victor Villaseñor

Crazy Loco Love: A Memoir (2008)

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