Love is the only thing - I don't want to say that "makes it bearable" - but I feel like without the possibility of love, this place would just devour us.
Junot DiazYou were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture
Junot DiazI just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I’m with you I have this sense that you want something from me.
Junot DiazI've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that you love a country is by seeing everything that it's done wrong, all of its mistakes, and still thinking that it's beautiful and that it's worthy.
Junot DiazYou know how it is when you get back with somebody you’ve loved. It felt better than it ever was, better than it ever could be again
Junot DiazBooks are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and people will want more time for a contemplative life. There is no way people can keep up this pace. No one is happy. Two or three hours to read should not be an unattainable thing, although I hope we get to that stage without needing a corporate sponsored app to hold our hand. The utopian in me has my fingers crossed that we haven't quite figured out the digital future just yet. After all, the one thing we know about people: they always surprise.
Junot Diaz