“Tell me how to be in this world
Tell me how to breathe in and feel no hurt
Tell me how 'cause I believe in something
I believe in us”

Words of Love
Song lyrics, Buddy Holly (1958)

Last line
Source: The Queen of the Damned (1988)

Some Hope, Chapter 9

Book II
Rebel of the Underground (2013)

Biographical profile http://rivera-ortiz.com/html_info.cfm?menu_itemID=144717&amp;load=html <br class="br">Official site <br class="br">Context: I don’t need them to tell me what it feels like to be poor … I already know how this feels, how it smells and how it tastes! When I talk to them … I want them to tell me about their hopes and aspirations, about their dreams… about the road ahead and how they imagine it will shape up out in front of them to make the dreaming and hoping come true. I ask them about assistance, about the health, and about their families near or far.

The Paris Review interview (2010)
Context: New Yorkers love to dupe themselves, as well as doom themselves. I haven’t had to live like that. I’m a California boy. I don’t tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

Mi voz me dice: “Así es todo”.
Y el eco de mi voz me dice: “Así eres tú”.
Voces (1943)

"What I've Learned: Alex Trebek", Esquire, March 2003.