Río Amani

“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

“Instead of opening ourselves to the virtually unlimited potential and flexibility of which human beings are capable, we concentrate our energies on trying to live up to an ideal.”
― Mike Lew, Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

“Continual frustration of a child's striving for belonging can lead to resentment, hopelessness, or even vengeful behavior. The child who feels "different" most often feels inferior and isolated as well.”
― Mike Lew, Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

“I have a real problem when those people preferring to affirm an African or even a Spanish side to their history say that I can't affirm who I am as an indigenous person, as though everybody else is entitled to be who they are on our ancestral homeland, except us.”
― Roberto Mukaro Borrero