"It is beautiful to capture the soul of another being, isn't it? i nod and add, particularly when it has been a special person. We are talking about friendship, that has its own tenets so we are not talking about romantic/love/sex capture of another soul but the true captivation of another's spirit, which happens between people of the same sex sometimes."
Ana Castillo is an American novelist, poet, essayist, and translator. She is known for works including So Far from God and has been a prominent Chicana feminist voice in contemporary literature.