Espada Quotes

#1. Advice to Young Poets
Never pretend
to be a unicorn
by sticking a plunger on your head.

Martin Espada

#2. Nobody has ever convinced me that race is real.

Alice Walker

#3. I would like to see the truth clearly before it is too late.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#4. Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.

Orson Scott Card

#5. I assumed he knew that your coach was abusing you. I realized in the limo that he didn't."
For a moment, there is only silence. When Damien speaks, his words are ice cold. "He knew.

J. Kenner

#6. Even the most political poem is an act of faith.

Martin Espada

#7. The emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.

Margaret Millar

#8. When you have a definite purpose of life, the universe will reveal the path to attainment.

Debasish Mridha

#9. My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

James Harden

#10. A poem is not a pop-tart.

Martin Espada

#11. My money's on the big Indian,' someone was saying. I peeked up to see that Tyler, Mike, Austin and Ben had there heads bent together, deep in conversation. 'Yeah,' Mike whispered. 'Did you see the size of that Jacob kid? I think he could take Cullen down.' Mike seemed pleased by the idea.

Stephenie Meyer

#12. For every hundred words I write (which might take about 10 minutes to spit out), I spend about 30 to 60 minutes of editing and rewriting.

Jeff Goins

#13. We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.

Aung San Suu Kyi