The fact that I am temperamentally so unsuited to understand that country made my time there infinitely more difficult, but I think it made for a better book; any number of people have gone all swoony about Cuba, and I couldn't. But I tried so hard! So I think I learned a lot, in the course of all that effort, and I observed a lot, and it may be that the text has some edge as a result. That's what I hoped for, at any rate.

Famous Quotes / Alma Guillermoprieto

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Alma Guillermoprieto: "The fact that I am temperamentally so unsuited to understand that country made my time there infinitely more difficult, but I think it made for a better book; any number of people have gone all swoony about Cuba, and I couldn't. But I tried so hard! So I think I learned a lot, in the course of all that effort, and I observed a lot, and it may be that the text has some edge as a result. That's what I hoped for, at any rate."

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About	Better	Book	Couldnt
Country	Course	Cuba	Difficult
Edge	Effort	Fact	Gone
Hard	Hoped	Infinitely	Learned
Made	Number	Observed	People
Rate	Result	Swoony	Temperamentally
Text	Thats	Think	Time
Tried	Understand	Unsuited

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The fact that I am temperamentally so unsuited to understand that country made my time there infinitely more difficult, but I think it made for a better book; any number of people have gone all swoony about Cuba, and I couldn't. But I tried so hard! So I think I learned a lot, in the course of all that effort, and I observed a lot, and it may be that the text has some edge as a result. That's what I hoped for, at any rate. - Alma Guillermoprieto