23 quotes
“If it’s a good idea, you just can’t give up on it, and eventually other people will recognize that it’s a good idea.”
“As a native Texan, I was raised on the refrain of remembrance.”
“When it comes to borders I see bridges instead of walls. I see beginnings instead of endings. I see an opportunity for people to come together and build something constructively and collaboratively.”
“Don’t be afraid to love. If you love, you’ll never truly be alone.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“[D]on’t get angry, don’t lose your temper, be patient, and try to see the other person’s perspective, try to find a positive way through the challenge.”
“If we can see into each other’s worlds, we can find common ground and appreciation and that can lead to good things: like lasting relationships, collaboration, love, and healing.”
“If you’re not careful, the blood that you carry inside will turn those dreams that you so love into nightmares.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“Discrimination is evil, but evil does not discriminate.”
Valley of Shadows (2022)
“Someone drew a line in the sand, and we crossed back and forth until it disappeared.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“You don’t do the right thing because it’s easy. You do it because it is right.”
Valley of Shadows (2022)
“[W]e can have progress together, but we have to acknowledge the wrongs of the past and we have to work hard to make things better together.”
“While I can bear to lose love, I cannot bear to lose honor.”
Valley of Shadows (2022)
“I think we’re all a little bit crazy. But once we figure that out, we can start doing something about it.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“What is a revolutionary…if not the architect of a new way of life?”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“I need your help to find out who killed me.”
Valley of Shadows (2022)
“They felt as if they were two glasses of water being poured into one larger container. Swirling and settling in the darkness.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)
“Books can build bridges between worlds. When we travel across those bridges and walk in others’ shoes, our sense of empathy grows. Books are bridges that help us cross borders, bringing us closer together as human beings.”
“There’s so much competition out there for people’s time, and attention, and dollars. So whether it’s as a business, or whether it’s as a writer who writes a book, if what you’re offering is unique, it’s going to eventually stand out to people who are looking for that and you’re going to connect with your audience.”
“When you’re a creative person the ideas come to you…it’s learning how to discern between the ideas I have that are just fun and fanciful but will never go anywhere, and the ideas that I have that might appeal to others.”
“The beauty of Catholicism,” he had pontificated to his grandson, “is that even if you spent your entire life sinning, you can die moments after repenting and still get into Heaven. So live it up, Fulgencio. Just don’t let death catch you by surprise.”
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez (2020)