My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this-all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied. (Molly Ivins)

My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this-all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.

Molly Ivins

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