The Haunting of Alejandra Quotes

“We must listen to the women who came before us. We change the future by unloading the sorrow of the past. We sever the cord of generational curses. Some cords are meant to shrivel away to blackened dead flesh. They are our blood, but we are not them. We do not have to accept it. None of it.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“When people left without saying goodbye or giving a reason, it always created a phantom cut.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“For years she abandoned herself to be a willing sacrifice to please everyone around her, and now nothing existed within her anymore. Even her own hand was not a hand at all, but a blade she used to carve her heart for anyone who asked her for it.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and at times it takes patience.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Break the curses. Feed your soul.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Everything needed always finds a way to make its way to us. Love, lovers, friends, miracles, and hope.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Blood dies and dries, but the invisible particles of family are forever.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“She had to get used to organizing her emotions and thoughts in peace. Any crisis or chaos will pass. The anxiety will ease. They are your children, and they just want your love. You deserve their love. Just be open to it. You don’t have to impress them. You don’t have to impress other parents. You are enough.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“You don’t have to be the woman anyone else wants you to be or tells you you should be to make them more comfortable in their own existence.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“Surviving to see change then continue that change is a form of resistance.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra