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A Decision That Can Change Your Life Forever, Can Happen In Just One Second.

— Latif Mercado

A good writer should be able to communicate to the reader, 'I know your life. I know what you have truly experienced. It’s not right or wrong. It’s survival. Furthermore, it’s making mistakes, and trying to redeem yourself. Furthermore, it’s imperfections, and trying to make yourself better. Furthermore, it’s outrages, and crimes, and insults, which often are not righted, which you have to fix yourself, in your own mind, in your own heart, so that you are not poisoned'.

— Sergio Troncoso

A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The Germans had already left everything behind. We had food but no weapons. For days, we could hear bombs exploding around us. We just wanted to survive long enough for the Americans to control the territory. We didn’t want to die. At that point, our prison uniforms were the only things to keep us from being shot on the spot by the Americans. That was all we had. Who would the Americans believe? Real prisoners or guards dressed as prisoners? Those devils might even say we were the Germans. This was our nightmare.

— Sergio Troncoso

A Memory Is Better Than A Phony!

— Latif Mercado

Attitude Is More Important Than Talent

— Latif Mercado

But Anja. I hear Anja's voice. Maybe I am insane. I hear her crying. I see her alone in the trees. Furthermore, I remember being alone and humiliated. Furthermore, I remember, too, the fat little boy hiding in the bathroom. And I see this man, Ariane. I see this evil man, Ariane. He laughs everyday still. He has had years of laughter. Furthermore, he has triumphed over the screams of others, he has triumphed with blood on his hands. And he laughs still. God has cursed us! He has either cursed us or He was never here to begin with. We've pretended God was here for our own sanity! That's the truth! We've pretended evil is punished and good is rewarded. A perfect scheme!

— Sergio Troncoso

Don't Rush Up The Stairs, you Just Might Fall. Take it One-Step At A Time!

— Latif Mercado

Do you know how many men are incarcerated in solitary confinement? About 100,000 on any given day, if my numbers are correct. Do you know how many men commit suicide in The Hole? Very high. Twenty-four hours in a box with no windows can break a man. Some more quickly than others.

— H.L. Sudler

Even the most political poem is an act of faith.

— Martín Espada

Failures Are The Cornerstones Of Success!

— Latif Mercado