I think that my life changed at 50. Many things happened. Menopause, the end of youth and my daughter died that year after being a whole year in a coma. So I think that I changed and I became an elder at 50.

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need chartiy; they need justice.

With women the best aphrodisiac is words.

The most poor and backward areas in the world are those in which women are subjugated and exploited. Improving the situation of the woman improves the family, the community, and by extension the whole country.

Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion.

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.

Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.