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The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell

El invencible verano de Liliana by Cristina Rivera Garza

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Quién quiere ser madre by Silvia Nanclares

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Regarding the Pain of Others

by Susan Sontag

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Lucía’s Quotes

“Leer es cubrirse la cara, pensé.
Leer es cubrirse la cara. Y escribir es mostrarla”
― Alejandro Zambra, Ways of Going Home

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“Every life has its kernel, its hub, its epicentre, from which everything flows out, to which everything returns.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet

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“Sadness keeps attempting to tie weights to her wrists and ankles, therefore she has to keep moving, she has to outpace it.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, The Marriage Portrait

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“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“Sabía poco, pero al menos sabía eso: que nadie habla por los demás. Que aunque queramos contar historias ajenas terminamos siempre contando la historia propia”
― Alejandro Zambra, Ways of Going Home

tags: familia, historia

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