Quotes from The Inhabited Woman

“Peace is the respect for the rights of the other person.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“النمو في الحياة لا يتم إلا بعبور حدود الشخصية: اكتشاف قدرات يعتقد الواحد منا أنه لا يملكها.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“لا بد من تعلّم أن يكون الإنسان رفيقًا طيبًا لنفسه.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“Pero Sara no entendería que ella se sintiera tan contenta. no entendía el placer de ser uno mismo, tomar decisiones, tener la vida bajo control. Sara había pasado del padre-padre al padre-marido.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“Nadie puede decir cuál habría sido nuestra historia si tanta tribu no hubiese sido aniquilada. Los españoles decían que debían civilizarnos, hacernos abandonar la barbarie. Pero ellos, con barbarie, nos dominaron, nos despoblaron. En pocos años hicieron más sacrificios humanos que nosotros en el tiempo largo que transcurrió desde las primeras festividades.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“Nuestra herencia de tambores batientes ha de continuar latiendo en la sangre de estas generaciones.
Es lo único, Yarince, que permaneció: la resistencia.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“In any case, if they don't do it to you, they do it to someone else...if you let them do it to others, you become an accomplice, intentionally or not”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

“كلنا شعرنا بالخوف، ما يهم ليس الإحساس به، بل التغلب عليه.”
― Gioconda Belli, quote from The Inhabited Woman

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