I believe that everything is political, and as such it should concern all of us. Authors who claim they don't deal with politics in their work are being naive, because even that is a political stance. — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want to be part of it. I want to be a witness. I want to walk arm in arm… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“Algún día que venga ya no me va a encontrar se topará nomas con el puro viento. Llegará ese día y cuando llegue, no… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
I believe that everything is political, and as such it should concern all of us. Authors who claim they don't deal with politics in… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“Lilus shivers between two humid sheets. She doesn't know why she's sick. The illness surged without warning, traitorous, like a great wave of solitude. Health is an easily lost object:"But I had it in my hand, only a little while ago I saw it." That is how her illness was:"But only yesterday I was running on the stairway." Lilus's illness… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share
“Hoy no quiero ser dulce, tranquila, decente, sumisa, comprensiva, resignada, las cualidades que siempre ponderan los amigos. Tampoco quiero ser maternal; Diego no es… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“¿Cómo vamos a traer a un niño a este mundo inhumano?... En un mundo absurdo, inhumano y cruel... traer a un hijo era equivalente… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“It torments you to know you were misunderstood, to not have risked yourself, and to wait.” — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
Writers in Latin America live in a reality that is extraordinarily demanding. Surprisingly, our answer to these demands protects and develops our individuality. I… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“but she won’t let him finish his scolding; she’ll throw her arms of water around his neck; she will show him her necklaces of… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“but just as you become impregnated with someone, even after that someone is gone, that is how Lilus remained” — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
“De pronto la miro y ya no está. Vuelvo a mirarla, la define su ausencia. Ha ido a unirse a lago que le da… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
