Minor Movements - Preface

Preface

I didn't set out to write a book. Each of these stories started with a quote from one of many that I had collected over the years. These were mainly quotes that I heard, read, or remembered. I stayed with the feeling of the quote. I tried to be honest. Sometimes the story went in different directions than how I thought it would.

What came out of this is not something grand and expertly woven. It's a series of loosely connected small, personal moments. A glimpse here. A bit of warmth there. A bit of lasting sting. As a collective, they may say something about the human experience and playing the hand we are dealt.

I wrote these stories in the order that they appeare. What you're reading is the shape it took when I let the stories happen.

If any of them feel true to you, I am glad that I wrote them down.

- Gilberto Manuel Guadiana