The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.

I began to wonder whether anything truly existed, whether reality wasn't an unformed and gelatinous substance only half-captured by my senses....If that were true, each of us was living in absolute isolation. The thought terrified me. I was consoled by the idea that I could take that gelatin and mold it to create anything I wanted...At times I felt that the universe fabricated from the power of the imagination had stronger and more lasting contours than the blurred realm of the flesh-and-blood creatures around me.

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you feel that you are loved as you love.

We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers to create the networks, we need every human being to be aware of how precious water is and save it. Everybody has to be involved in a very firm and assertive way.

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.

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.