“Anger has a way of returning.”

“Lola swore she would never return to that terrible country. On one of our last nights as novios she said, Ten million Trujillos is all we are.”

“It's exactly at these moments, when all hope has vanished, that prayer has dominion.”

“The only way out is in.”

“We were on our way to the colmado for an errand.”

“She's sensitive, too. Takes to hurt the way water takes to paper.”

“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.”