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“If you are alive, you are a creative person.” —Liz Gilbert
“A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.”
― The School for Good Mothers
― The School for Good Mothers
“The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. We’re dealt certain cards at birth, and we play our hand; some of us lose, but others may play skillfully from the same bad hand and triumph. Our cards determine who we are: age, gender, race, family, nationality, etc., and we can’t change them, only play them to the best of our abilities. The game is marked by challenges and chances, strategizing and cheating.”
― Violeta
― Violeta
“Affection must be cultivated, Camilo; it has to be watered and tended like a plant,”
― Violeta
― Violeta
“That fairy tale that all humans are equal before the law and in the eyes of God is a lie, Camilo. I hope you don’t buy into it. Neither the law nor God treats everyone the same.”
― Violeta
― Violeta
“No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they’ll take it back.”
― Violeta
― Violeta
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