How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Language and Communication Quotes

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Quote #10

His vocabulary turned me off even as I was beginning to acknowledge my body's pleasure. If Rudy had said, Sweet lady, lay across my big, soft bed and let me touch your dear, exquisite body, I might have felt up to being felt up. But I didn't want to just be in the sack, screwed, balled, laid and f***ed my first time around with a man. (1.5.26)

For Yolanda, the words used to talk about sex are just as important as the physical act. Words and language aren't a separate, secondary reality; they're a part of reality.