Antonio Manuel Chavira

“One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
― Nelson Mandela

“A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of a friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on the rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - what else is there? What else do we need?”
― Edward Abbey

“Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
― Cesar Chavez