“ My African roots made me what I am today. They’re the reason I’m from the Dominican Republic. They’re the reason I exist at all. To these roots I owe everything. Junot Diaz
“ Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own. Junot Diaz
“ You know all about love, but that is not enough. You must also learn that hate comes from God as well, that it too is in the Lord's service. And in times like these, with the world fallen to the state… Nikos Kazantzakis
“ They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Thainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn i… Junot Diaz
“ If you go to the craft market you will see them everywhere. They represent the mix of cultures and races here in the Dominican Republic, that are the result of centuries of international commerce, col… Sandra Rodriguez Barron
“ This is the one who will find us. He's the one who will lead them all back to me someday. He's the explorer. El curioso. Sandra Rodriguez Barron
