Ana Iris once asked me if I loved him and I told her about the lights in my old home in the capital, how they flickered and you never knew if they would go out or not. You put down your things and you waited and couldn't do anything really until the lights decided. This, I told her, is how I feel.
Junot DiazOnce someone gets a little escape velocity going, ain't no play in the world that will keep them from leaving.
Junot DiazMotherfuckers will read a book thatโs one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think weโre taking over.
Junot Diaz