It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.

It seemed the more I knew about people the more I knew about the strange magic hidden in their hearts.

I've always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio.

Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people - sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding, because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people.

Sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.

The past seems to infuse into the present, and in the brown, wringled faces of the old people one sees the presence of the past.

A library is also a place where love begins.