Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you.

If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.

I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.

People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it.

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask.

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