“Feeling the inevitable claim of the this desert, he experienced a desire to throw off his civilized costume, hurl himself upon Josephina, either succumb, or return to Guadalajara, where men could o...”

“He would have been careful not to violate his conscience in any way that might keep him from devoting his full attention to the sin he had decided to commit. Pedro was not really very different fro...”

“We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own.”

“It would not be until darkness had taken indisputable control over the land, until the flames of the bonfire created an unreal world of shadows, until tequila and mescal untied men from their sombe...”

“We have been living through a time of sorrow. Our seed remains seed. Our nostrils are dusty.”

“Someday men will learn to irrigate and spread fertilizer instead of praying for fertility.”

“He pulled out handcuffs and snapped them around my wrists. "Where's your bag? You didn't bring your staff?""I have it. It's hidden." Charlie was currently tucked inside the leg of my Harry Potter p...”

“My mother had a kindness that embraced all life.She knew her place well and was comfortable in giving everything she had.This is the tradition of native women.”

“The fact that social media has leveled the playing field doesn't offer you the right to disrespect the elderly”

“Those [things] that we encounter for the first time immediately have a spiritual effect upon us. A child, for whom every object is new, experiences the world in this way: it sees light, is attracte...”

“Because your character is always full of ambition, the news of my being locked up must have been much harder on you than it was on me. When I was arrested, it was almost a relief to know that I cou...”

“Spiritual learning is easy when we realize and experience that everything that everyone said about spirituality is already in action within us!!! Seek within rather than outside.”

“At one point in your life you have to decide whether you want to become a sachem or a solitary.”

“I fix my grandchildren's computers.”

“My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.”