28 quotes found
Writer and politician · Mexican
Mexican writer and politician
“Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.”
“The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.”
“What she liked the most about drinking was not being present, that feeling of self-evasion, of disconnection, of liberation, of escape. Alcohol offered her an excellent alternative to being herself...”
“The only thing that had saved her then was knitting. In prison she had become a compulsive knitter. Knitting allowed her to unite, to connect, to integrate. With every stitch she held on to dear li...”
“...a woman, silent, voiceless, a mere woman who didn't bear on her shoulders the enormous responsibility of building the conquest with her words. A woman, who, contrary to what would be expected, f...”
“Lupita thought that people who didn’t dance were selfish and lonely.”
“At a certain point in his life he stopped searching for himself in everything that exists and gave in to temptations. Or, as you say, he sinned and later fled.”
“Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from experience that she would quickly have to ingratiate herself with ...”