Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them.

...women, brave as stars at dawn

One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH that was backed by the CIA. FRAPH killed thousands of Haitians in the early 1990s. Now while Constant is living comfortably in Queens, other Haitians are being deported. I wanted to see how those who have been bruised by people like that deal with coming face to face with their torturers.

I'm just melancholy by nature, and a lot of that gets into my writing.

Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head. -pg. 25

Anger is a wasted emotion.

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.