"[about being at college] It was there I learned that Ponce, which seemed as large as the universe itself when I lived…"

"She seldom smiled, but when she did, I felt as if she were pouring oil on my wounds. (chapter 19, p204)"

"Abby used to say adaptability was the secret of survival-one's soul should bend and then it wouldn't break. (chapter …"

"Coral explained to Manuel that political ideals were very important. Believing in something made you think; it kept y…"

"I know publishing it may have dire results, but a tale, like life itself, isn't finished until it is heard by someone…"

"Literature is prophetic-life often lives up to fiction ("Preface: Memoir of Diamond Dust")"

"My grandmother always insisted that when people fall in love they should look closely at what the family of the betro…"

"When they ran down the street, their souls barely clung to their bones, like fragile kites made of tissue paper. (cha…"

"The events we are about to tell took place when the Metropolis began to rinse the blood of Saint John the Baptist's l…"

"He created the house on the lagoon as one would create a poem or a statue, breathing life into its every stone. (chap…"