Pierced by the Sun Quotes

“She was passionate about knitting because it allowed her to reach a state of peacefulness, and she loved to embroider because it let her express her creativity. Both activities were liberating. They allowed her to exist outside of time.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“El Poder Judicial siempre busca encontrar alguien que pague el delito cometido, pero no le interesa detener al que en verdad lo cometió.”
― Laura Esquivel, A Lupita le gustaba planchar

“A Lupita le llevó muchos años de encierro descubrir que uno escucha mejor cuando está en silencio y que está mucho más acompañado en la soledad.”
― Laura Esquivel, A Lupita le gustaba planchar: La primera novela gráfica de la aclamada autora de Como agua para chocolate

“What she liked the most about drinking was not being present, that feeling of self-evasion, of disconnection, of liberation, of escape. Alcohol offered her an excellent alternative to being herself without actually dying.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“She felt love: real Love. The kind of love that makes no distinction, that doesn’t separate, that is not contained within a body. She cried from so much love.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“En la vida real cuando uno rompe los vínculos que lo mantienen unido en la trama de la vida, también deja un hueco, un hueco enorme, pero eso no significa que no se le pueda rescatar, sí se puede, pero antes es necesario que uno reconozca cuáles son los hilos invisibles que nos mantienen unidos a los demás. Cuáles son nuestros puntos de unión. Nuestros puntos de contacto.”
― Laura Esquivel, A Lupita le gustaba planchar: La primera novela gráfica de la aclamada autora de Como agua para chocolate

“One is never truly alone, even when our only company is our thoughts, because what are thoughts if not the memory of interactions with others?”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“Y entendió que, antes de que encarnara dentro de su vientre, ella y su hijo ya eran lo mismo, y lo seguían siendo. Nunca había habido pérdida ni separación. Nunca había habido cuerpos diferenciados entre madre e hijo.”
― Laura Esquivel, A Lupita le gustaba planchar: La primera novela gráfica de la aclamada autora de Como agua para chocolate

“Ironing was an act of annihilation in which wrinkles would die and give way to order: something she required more than anything.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“pero eso no significa que no se le pueda rescatar, sí se puede, pero antes es necesario que uno reconozca cuáles son los hilos invisibles que nos mantienen unidos a los demás. Cuáles son nuestros puntos de unión. Nuestros puntos de contacto. Por lo mismo, Lupita no entendía por”
― Laura Esquivel, A Lupita le gustaba planchar

“Lupita supo que nunca había dejado de amar. Que ella vivía desde el inicio de los tiempos y que desde ese momento ella amó cada partícula que se conectó con otra. Definitivamente ella amó, ella amaba y ella seguiría amando.”
― Laura Esquivel, A LUPITA LE GUSTABA PLANCHAR

“But there was nothing more transparent to her than the fear of not being loved, the fear of being unseen, of being ignored.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“Nothing had spared her from being mocked for wetting her pants, not even the fact that she had rushed to the delegado’s aid.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“Lupita thought that people who didn’t dance were selfish and lonely.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“She loved to put her hands in the water and repeat her mantra: “Just for today. Just for today I will choose water over alcohol. Just for today I will allow water to cleanse me, to purify me.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun

“Look ma’am, those narcos that mutilate, torture, and kill others are no longer a part of us. They’re no longer part of any family or community; they act against everyone. They are worth nothing. But when you bury a narco, you allow him to be a part of you again. He becomes dust, food, our brother once more. His body—dissolved in the earth—now sustains life again, instead of destroying it.”
― Laura Esquivel, Pierced by the Sun