The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories Quotes

“Sooner or later', she said,' our true nature separates us from the person we love. Losing one's shadow shouldn't be a tragedy but a goal. It's the only way of finding out who we really are.”
― Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects

“Ludivina Schiedman, the Dutch mystic who remained prostrate in her bed for thirty years and whose story Ignacio studied with fascination. Obsessed with the idea of saving the Church’s soul, she became an authentic possession case: she had wounds, epilepsy, and even dislocated several limbs of her own accord. As she didn’t die, she was suspected for a while of heresy. Years later Pope”
― Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories

“Contrary to what the Catholic Church preached, fleeing the darkness wasn’t the right way: you had to enter it, let your eyes get used to the dark, because learning to see through the night was the only way to perceive the true nature of things.”
― Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories