I am who I am because the tears of my past have watered the magnificence of my present.
Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.
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Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.
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