No one can steal your freedom from you. You can only give it away.

I am made of a thousand ghosts. Only you can shoot me down.

Yes I am dark, but my eyes are full of stars.

The dream was on hold. It wasn't dead.

May we be free of the tyranny of our expectations of others.

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

Your beliefs and perceptions determine the boudaries of your world.

A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.

Pain is nothing. Pain is in the mind. If you can walk you can run.

The stain of prejudice is often indelible.

I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.