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.

Time Magazine, Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?, Feb. 18, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2007.