I went to bed resolved to change the whole course of my life forever. Where was I to begin? Where did rootless men begin their lives? Who were the men that contributed something positive to society? Show me the books about them! I would read them all! I would educate myself to be like them!
In the morning, rising to the clouds with my dream, I walked out of the hotel a new man.
- — Chapter XXIV, America Is In the Heart, by Carlos Bulosan