我们讲述给自己的故事塑造了我们成为的人。

"The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter."

I am interested in the margins, in those who have been excluded from history.

I learned early on that the world could be cruel, but I refused to let it break me.

I find I'm so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border.I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope.