Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Luís Alberto Urrea
Born: 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist.
Known for:
- The Devil's Highway: A True Story (2004)
- The Hummingbird's Daughter (2005)
- Into the Beautiful North (2009)
- Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life (2002)
- The Water Museum: Stories (2015)