Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it.

Friends are family you choose.

Life is a death-defying experience.

A young city, Miami lacks the history, the roots, and the traditions of other major metropolitan areas. Everybody here is from someplace else.

Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount.

In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people behave at their worst.

Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and hope that some day they'll send back money.