Sofia Robleda > Quotes

“People are always arguing about which stories are true and which are not. It’s a pointless argument, for all contain a speck of truth about our world and ourselves. The only thing that matters is this: some stories are protected, safeguarded, and others are left to fade with time.”
― Sofia Robleda, Daughter of Fire

“are even worse than them. They see only one truth, one story, and they take it so seriously they’re willing to kill those who think differently.”
― Sofia Robleda, Daughter of Fire

“The K’iche’ were the dominant Maya group, and their capital city, Q’umarkaj, was situated in the rocky Guatemalan highlands.”
― Sofia Robleda, Daughter of Fire

“I swallowed a surge of pain, for their suffering, and for my own. For this living ache of love and tenderness in my heart which no longer had a vessel to receive it.”
― Sofia Robleda, The Other Moctezuma Girls

“until I turned fourteen and finally overtook him. That was the year Papa declared that we girls could no longer participate. He had been trying to discourage me ever since”
― Sofia Robleda, The Other Moctezuma Girls: A Novel

“There is no shame in survival. Do whatever you must do, remember who you are, and survive without shame.”
― Sofia Robleda, The Other Moctezuma Girls

“People are always arguing about which stories are true and which are not. It’s a pointless argument, for all contain a speck of truth about our world and ourselves.”
― Sofia Robleda, Daughter of Fire