The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.

Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages

Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.

When my daughter Paula died, I was in the deepest pain, and my mother said, "This kind of sorrow is like a long, narrow, dark channel. You have to walk this channel alone and be sure that there is light at the other ending. Just keep walking."

Society decides when we get old. But the spirit never ages.

Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.