Tina

“We are one people, one family, the human family, and what affects one of us affects us all.”
― John Lewis, Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change

“You can hope and pretend. You can imagine that the world is violent and that is has nothing to do with you - that the women who die nearby are a symptom of an abstract evil, a distant one. Because to do otherwise would be overwhelming, it would undo you from the inside out, rip you apart just as badly as if you were one of the victims yourself.”
― Ivy Pochoda, These Women

“Even Ignatius Loyola wavered. That dark night of the soul, man. No one’s immune. It would all be meaningless if you didn’t wonder and doubt. That’s what makes it real. That’s what makes us people. God could have sent angels to flutter around like fairies, delivering rum punch and manna all day on a cosmic cruise ship. But what would that avail us?”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

“Spanish! His family didn't even like speaking Spanish to him. He tried, and they insisted on answering him in English. Though they knew perfectly well that he spoke Spanish as well as they did and better than their children did. Each side had something to prove, and none of them knew what it was.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels