Long before the idea of multiculturalism, in public people could say almost anything to you and get away with it.

One of the many characteristics of the new is that, at first, it's very hard to recognize it for what it is. We're lucky if we recognize something as being new when it first appears. Usually I think we don't have that privilege. It's usually after the fact that we suddenly turn around and say, 'Wow, this thing is amazing.'

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

Junot Diaz Quotes