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“If I write something, I fear it will happen, and if I love too much, I fear I will lose that person; nevertheless, I cannot stop writing or loving…”

“Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences”

“The men come and go, but the women stay put; they are trees rooted in solid ground. Around them revolve their own children and others they have taken in; they care for the aged, the ill, the unfortunate - they are the axis of the community… the more one suffers for family, the prouder one feels.”