“Enjoy the silence, because one wrong action cost more than a million words.”

“Lately, when asked, I have tended to say that I'm Mexican. I like the word because it still makes so many people flinch.”

“There is nothing more potentially hostile than the indigenous ego interpreting the laws of his conqueror upon his own people”

“Now that I’ve made the commitment to myself, to enjoy my ride…everything seems so effortless. In a way, I think it has set me up to be ready for whatever may come and to welcome it with open arms.”

“That church . . . it reminds me of one in downtown Chicago. Do you remember? That beautiful one with the courtyard near the Drake."Jeremy took a newspaper from a stack behind him and sat across from me. "I know the one you're talking about, but that church," he gestured out the window, "is older than America."I sighed. "Of course it is. Did I really just try to compare British and American architecture? How insensitive of me.”

“It is better to be pissed off than to be pissed on”

“Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. –”