Rodolfo Brites

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
― Mary Austin

“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”
― Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills

“Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.”
― Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife