There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life. You are the reproducer of the species. Men feel very weak in front of a woman because a… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“In any case, if they don't do it to you, they do it to someone else...if you let them do it to others, you… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity. — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
I never thought that sex was wrong, sinful, dirty. When you take away the thought of things being dirty or forbidden, then you can… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
There are not many intellectuals left of Harold Pinter's stature who dare raise their voices - and with such force - against the menace… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“Dare to change the world There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“El sueño pesa sobre mis hombros y me acerca de nuevo a vos, al huequito de tu brazo, a tu respiración, a una continuación… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone. — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life. You are… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
It had never crossed my mind that a man could think he had the right to stop me from being who I was. — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition to Somoza;… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“For me, the Revolution sought to end mistreatment, not to democratize it.” — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
