Maria Ruiz quotes from Orange Is the New Black

Maria Ruiz

You'll call each other up maybe meet for drinks, make more plans but then cancel them, push them off, you're suddenly really busy. But the truth is you're avoiding each other because it only took that one drink for you to realize you don't have anything in common and all you got was a reminder of the time you spent in this fucking hellhole. We're not a family. We're a band-aid and once you rip it off, all we are to each other is scars.

Maria Ruiz

[about Yadriel and her daughter] You know, I kept leaving these messages, calling him an asshole, saying, "Oh, my baby girl needs her mama". But the truth is that she's fine. Yadriel loves her. His mother is a good person and she's gonna be okay. I'm not freaking out because she needs me. I'm freaking out because I need her.

Gloria

Oh. Look who decided to grace us with her presence. Throw an apron on, we'll talk punishment later.

Flaca

I got the job. It's supposed to start in a few minutes. I just wanted to come let you know.

Gloria

Come? How considerate of you... to show your front when you're turning your back on your family.

Flaca

I earned it, Gloria. You should be proud of me.

Maria

Because of that test? I heard some of the questions on that test. It's not even about anything.

Flaca

They were obviously about something, and I got 'em right. Blanca took it, too, and she didn't get picked.

Gloria

Oh. So now you're better than us? What, you're chosen? Oh, watch out, Norma, Flaca is moving in on your territory. [laughs]

Flaca

That's right, I am better. Better than all you bitches. Maybe I got C's in high school because my personality is too complex for mainstream academics. Some people are born for greatness.

Maria

How nice that prison could help you realize your full potential.

Flaca

Fuck you. [speaking Spanish] Fucking nobodies.