When it comes to borders I see bridges instead of walls. I see beginnings instead of endings. I see an opportunity for people to come together and bu… - Rudy Ruiz

The beauty of Catholicism," he had pontificated to his grandson, "is that even if you spent your entire life sinning, you can die moments after repenting and still get into Heaven. So live it up, Fulgencio. Just don't let death catch you by surprise.

The idea for the curse fit perfectly into my passion for magical realism, but it actually stems from a family legend that indeed the men in my family were cursed. Fortunately, for me, I believe it to be a very colorful – if symbolic – fiction, a more palatable way of explaining our human flaws and failures, our past inability to overcome the burdens of our own histories, social barriers, and bad habits.

If it's a good idea, you just can't give up on it, and eventually other people will recognize that it's a good idea.