Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Julia de Burgos

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Julia de Burgos

Julia de Burgos García was a Puerto Rican poet. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. She was also a civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.

You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun. — © Julia de Burgos
You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.
I am life, I am strength, I am woman.
Don't let the hand you hold hold you down.
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