There is no rose without thorns.

“Does a metamorphosis begin from the outside in? Or from the inside out?”

“Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked…”

“I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children, I have a garden with roses, and I…”

“We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead o…”