Rosario Castellanos Quotes

His own sense of security was so fragile that the face of a chamula, seen through a pane of glass, was enough to shatter it to pieces.

mi corazón, lugar de las hogueras,/y mi cuerpo que siempre me acompaña.

palabras que los vientos dispersan como pétalos

la visión turbia como si sus entrañas estuvieran latiendo en medio de las cejas.

Hechizada, contemplo el milagro de estar/como en el centro puro de un diamante.

Of course, there have been commentaries. And, of course, the gamut of these commentaries has been exactly what one might expect. From foolish outbursts and impudent plays on words to the rending of garments in the face of this new apocalyptic sign that heralds the decadence and perhaps even the death of our civilization and culture.

Su silencio le producía vergüenza, como si callar fuera burlarse de los otros. Y como un castigo inmediato crecía, junto a la vergüenza, una sensación de soledad. Teodoro era un hombre aparte, amordazado por un secreto.

How the earth sings as it spins!/Sings the lightness of its flight,/its freedom, its grace, its joy.

I do not speak through the mouth of my wounds.

¿Qué se hace a la hora de morir? ¿Se vuelve/la cara a la pared?/¿Se agarra por los hombros al que está cerca y oye?/¿Se echa uno a correr, como el que tiene/las ropas incendiadas, para alcanzar el fin?

I have confidence not so much in my own abilities as in the generosity of everyone else.

Outside the family circle, friendship evolves into good will. In the workplace this allows us to manage without despotism, and to follow orders without resentment. In society we will learn to intervene without violence, but also without servility. And we will be able to look beyond the geographical borders of our own country, our customs, our race, our religious beliefs, and our political ideology to see that humanity is an attribute of all mankind.

don't drain the cup of joy in a single sip.

La seguridad de su vida era tan frágil que había bastado la cara de un chamula, vista al través de un cristal, para hacerla añicos.

Goodbye to the earth that danced around me.