Trust is the bedrock of intimacy

You can't move beyond your past if you keep talking about it like it's your present.

I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is Dominican food. This is a Spanish word.' I trust my readers, even non-Spanish ones.

As time goes on, the more I value doctors and plumbers. Doctors a little more. I can fix my own toilet but I still can't operate on myself.

But wanderlust is like a pretty girl - you wake up one morning, find she's grown old and decide that either you're going to commit your life or you're going to walk away.

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

That's why I cut my hair so short. It was getting a little gray.

You're able to make a real difference. If a woman's able to step away financially, she's able to begin to do all the other work.

Coaching is an art and I'm not going to let anyone change me.

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

Ignorance is a poor tool in a battle of wits.