Quotes from La casa de Bernarda Alba

Federico García Lorca ·  96 pages

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“En la bandera de la libertad bordé el amor más grande de mi vida.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba


“Si en esta casa hubiera hierbas, ya te encargarías de traer a pastar las ovejas del vecindario.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba


“ANGUSTIAS.—Yo creo, madre, que él me oculta muchas cosas.

BERNARDA.—No procures descubrirlas, no le preguntes y, desde luego, que no te vea llorar jamás.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba


“Tus hijas están y viven como metidas en alacenas. Pero ni tú ni nadie puede vigilar por el interior de los pechos. BERNARDA.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba


“¡Aquí se acabaron las voces de presidio! (ADELA arrebata un bastón a su madre y lo parte en dos). No dé usted un paso más.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba



“LA PONCIA: Ésta tiene algo. La encuentro sin sosiego, temblona, asustada, como si tuviese una lagartija entre los pechos.”
― Federico García Lorca, quote from La casa de Bernarda Alba


About the author

Federico García Lorca
Born place: in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain
Born date June 5, 1898
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