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Book cover for Gordo: Stories
“Pobrecita. Oh well, at least she’s not suffering anymore, may she rest in peace.” Flora is pretty full of shit because Doña Ofelia never suffered. Every time I saw her, she was mostly pretty drunk and always laughing, with her big old ...more
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Malcolm X
“America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted resident colonialist, sipping tea with his delicate lady in the non-white colonies being systematically robbed of every valuable resource. Britain's superfluous royalty and nobility now exist by charging tourists to inspect the once baronial castles, and by selling memoirs, perfumes, autographs, titles, and even themselves.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X
“I'm sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X
“I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land--every color, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike--all snored in the same language.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X
“Despite my firm convictions, I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X
“Truth does not change, only our awareness of it.”
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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