Desire Quote by Margarita Engle

“The whole world's safety depends on the words of two men who are enemies.”

— Margarita Engle

“I envy the trees that grow at crossroads. They are never forced to decide which way to go...”

— Margarita Engle

“I will never understand the whole world or even one country. All I can do is try to understand the truth and lies in…

— Margarita Engle

“Do I have to admit that I'm half Cuban and half American, or should I go even further, and explain that Dad's parents were…

— Margarita Engle

“Books are enchanted. Books help me travel. Books help me breathe.”

— Margarita Engle

If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our minds left behind in battle.

— Margarita Engle

“Some people are born with words flowing in their veins.”

— Margarita Engle

“Is there any way that two people from faraway places can ever really understand each other's daydrems?”

— Margarita Engle

I feel certain that words can be as human as people, alive with the breath of compassion.

— Margarita Engle

“But love is a wildly unpredictable hurricane wind, not a swirling blue ocean with peaceful shores.”

— Margarita Engle

“Danger is a chain...passed from one wounded child to the next. We must stop the danger by breaking the chain. We must learn how…

— Margarita Engle

“Books are door-shaped portals carrying me across oceans and centuries, helping me feel less alone.”

— Margarita Engle