Honami Nagata, Japan
"I had great love for my friends, but I did not wish [to be with] many of them. If I had a book, that was enough. I was especially fond of philosophy and essays. Because of these characteristics, my pain was different from that of others. The only alleviation came in the writing of verses."
Emanuel Faria, USA
"Being a Hansen's Disease patient was not the end of the world. It was a hard time in those days, but, after all, we could make something of our lives in spite of illness. There is always a second best."
Emanuel Faria, Editor, The Star, USA. Photo by Pamela Parlapiano
