They Say Behind Mountains Are More Mountains.

Misery Won't Touch You Gentle. It Always Leaves Its Thumbprints On You; Sometimes It Leaves Them For Others To See, Sometimes For Nobody But You To Know Of.

I Also Know There Are Timeless Waters, Endless Seas, And Lots Of People In This World Whose Names Don't Matter To Anyone But Themselves. I Look Up At The Sky And I See You There.

After Writing Fiction For So Long, I Like The Discovery Element Of Nonfiction, In The Sense That When You Find The Right Information, It Feels Like Gold.

The Whole History Between Haiti And The Dominican Republic Is Complicated. We Share The Island Of Hispaniola, And Haiti Occupied The Dominican Republic For Twenty-two Years After 1804 For Fear That The French And Spanish Would Come Back And Reinstitute Slavery. So We Have This Unique Situation Of Being Two Independent Nations On The Same Island, But With Each Community Having Its Own Grievance.

The Girl She Said, I Didn’t Tell You This Because It Was A Small Thing, But Little Girls, They Leave Their Hearts At Home When They Walk Outside. Hearts Are So Precious. They Don’t Want To Lose Them.