"You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest."
— Junot DÃaz
It's hard to grow up and understand that you'll probably never live like a rockstar or own a Bentley, but it's comforting to know that you've grown up to become the kind of person you've always wanted to be.