The Lady Matador's Hotel Quotes

“Poetry by its very nature is subversive . . . It turns words inside out, confounds meaning, changes black and white to ambiguous shades of gray. Never trust a poet.”
― Cristina Garcia, The Lady Matador's Hotel

“To live your life even half right seems extraordinary.”
― Cristina Garcia, The Lady Matador's Hotel

“Aura is convinced that the entire country has succumbed to a collective amnesia. This is what happened in a society, where no one is permitted to grow old slowly. Nobody talks of the past, for fear their wounds might reopen. Privately though, their wounds never heal.”
― Cristina Garcia, The Lady Matador's Hotel