La serpiente de oro Quotes

“We were lost in the deep forest of limbs and muscles on fire, of sweetness and complaint, of choking and anguish, where roots as old as man himself penetrate and are nourished with blood.”
― Ciro Alegría, La serpiente de oro

“And what is the difference between twenty years or more in jail and death? Even after he has served the sentence, the man will be always a prisoner, for on his eyes will be tattooed the bars that imprisoned his soul and mortified his flesh, and destroyed his nerves and rotted his bones.”
― Ciro Alegría, La serpiente de oro