Chico Gonzalez

“Let me not seem to have lived in vain.”
― Tycho Brahe

“And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.”
― Tycho Brahe

“Shh, let me finish,” Mama said, and banged her elbow into my ribs. “Remember, now. Neither small nor tight. A roomy waist and a pleat. For God’s sake, a pleat.”
― Sholem Aleichem, Happy New Year! and Other Stories