“Out of all the other gangs that were around, you could always have come to the reasoning table of the Rebellions without being fearful and present your case, and whatever is decided at the reasonin...”

“Everything started to move in slow motion. A vehicle was coming up the hill in the opposite direction, facing us but in its own lane. With vehicles parked on both sides of the road, this meant that...”

“According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the definition of the word rebellion is an act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention. Extensions...”

“Through all of those different wars, we came to understand each other. The Masons fellas just wanted to chill in their area and be left alone. The Border Boys basically wanted the same thing. Stink...”

“I came from as low as one could come, with no mother and no father. So in return I build a family for myself and these fellas were a part of my family. So I had to look out for them, as if I was lo...”

“We really had a close netted structure to rely on for anything, you could have gone by anyone house and get something to eat. Whatever they were eating, they wouldve fed you, and all the mothers wo...”

“Military Veterans have become gang members since the late 1700s.”

“But Alonso kept smiling that smile and nothing made any sense with that smile looking you in the face. 'Jim, don't tell me that, you know, brother-shit. I have been through it all. Take, you know, ...”

“The first gang members who joined the military were known as the Hounds, a group of former New York gang members.”

“We're this big melting pot, but someone turned up the heat too high, and the stew started to burn. Gangs, crime, fights, and fear are now a regular part of our local stew.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”