There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.

Anger is a wasted emotion.

There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.

The people did not elect me. I speak with one voice that may echo other people, but I am part of a group of people. That's not distancing yourself from a community, that's also allowing the space for others to speak for themselves.

I think novels just really show us the deepest parts of people's hearts, and you cannot walk away anymore and say, "I don't know."

...women, brave as stars at dawn

You learned in school that you have pencils and paper only because the trees gave themselves in unconditional sacrifice.