In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children.

The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles.

Decide to believe in God, who created you. Decide to believe in yourself, that you truly can reach goals—your goals

Ignorance is darkness. Knowledge is light. Wisdom is awaken spirit

The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths.

Sometimes I feel like I am on top of the world. Other times it feels like the world is on top of me.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

Social media is where losers go to feel important.

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

I just went to work for a vampire, was scared by a spider, and got knocked down by a tanning bomb. And that’s just my day, not my week.