Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie.

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.

I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it became so unbearable that when finally I rid myself of it, I was freed forever of the desire to possess another person or the temptation ever to belong to anyone.

One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength - and that is more important than anything.

My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left.