Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

— Tony D'Souza

I'm sorry that I hurt you."" You didn't hurt me." There was a long pause on the phone. Then she said,"You are going to hurt from this longer than I ever will. It's true that I didn't know what kind of Indian you were. But what hurts me most is to know what kind of man.

— Tony D'Souza

Nicaragua is a World Bank and International Monetary Fund designated 'heavily indebted poor country,' with little legal ability to control its economic future: Everything is for sale. And once Nicaraguans decide to cash in and sell their houses or farms, they have to look far inland for anything affordable.

— Tony D'Souza

Oh, man, why is this the life? Why is it? Why is one rich and the other poor? Why is one black and the other white?

— Tony D'Souza