“I wanted you to have an image of this place in your mind because you need to know that it exists. People think a place like this is perfect. Living a simple life close to the land and all that.… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“1. Who is a Death Warrior? Anyone can be a Death Warrior, not just someone who is terminally ill. We are all terminally ill. A Death Warrior accepts death and makes a commitment to live a certain way, whether it be for one year or thirty years. 2. When does one become a Death Warrior? There is a specific moment… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share
“Because doing what is right is in your bones. Just follow where your bones take you.” — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“There's quiet because you don't need to say anything, and then there's quiet because you don't want to say something. --Marisol” — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share
“Then it comes to me. It cannot be that this is the first time I realized this, but it is. We all have ugly parts. I think of the time in the cafeteria when Jasmine asked me what the girl in the picture was asking me. How do we live with all the suffering? We see our ugly parts, and… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share
“She reached up and kissed him on the lips. It was a small kiss. It lasted only two or three seconds, just long enough… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“He is remembering," I say. "Remembering what?" "It's a word I use for praying. Sometimes it's like waiting for music to come out of… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“There are better sources of energy. Like love, or wanting to do something with your life. Anger makes you sick. It makes you go… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“If you're asking all this because of Wendell, forget it. Wendell has a few marbles missing when it comes to women." I like that… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“That's what faith is, isn't it? Following the music when we don't hear it.” — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“I'm just human. Our task is to try. Being a Death Warrior is all in the trying. --DQ” — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
“Aurora once told me that she knew I was different within the first few months after I was born, because as a baby, I never cried. She had no way of knowing if I was hungry or if my stomach hurt until I was old enough to point and talk. Even when I fell and it was obvious that I… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share
“What goes through the minds of men when they hurt them? Isn’t there a spark of conscience somewhere in them telling them to stop?… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
