Norma Vasquez

“Books seem to find me when I’m ready for them, or else I abandon them.”
― Jenn Shapland, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir

“I already knew the power of language to destroy, to omit, to obliterate. But poetry, the power of language to restore: this was what both Athos and Kostas were trying to teach me.”
― Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces

“everything in the world must have design or the human mind rejects it. But in addition it must have purpose or the human conscience shies away from it.”
― John Steinbeck, TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY, THE RED PONY, CANNERY ROW, TORTILLA FLAT

“As I watched the sun come up on the horizon, I could clearly see the thickness of our atmosphere. What I saw during those few seconds really surprised me, because the atmosphere looked scarily thin! To think that this is the only thing that is keeping us alive made me an instant environmentalist. I guess I was always conscientious of our environment, but seeing the planet from that perspective made me realize how fragile our planet is and that we should be good stewards of our environment.”
― José M. Hernández, From Farmworker to Astronaut / De campesino a astronauta: My Path to the Stars / Mi viaje a las estrellas