“A world without fantasy is a world not lived in.”

“the world has changed: it did not change without your prayers without your faith without your determination to believe in liberation and kindness; without your dancing through the years that had no beat.”

“I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand”

“The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men”

“I knew that my brother would still be a part of this world no matter what happened next. I felt my love for him so deeply that my blood seemed to flow down the street to him. My blood sang out my prayer for Luis even while he was still living in our world.”

“It wasn't right to have someone charge into you your world without even asking, acting as if you were nothing more than an egg to be flipped and flopped, sunny-side up or scrambled, depending on the whims on whoever ran your life..._”

“It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved that the country can live without the land.”