Gioconda Belli

“In any case, if they don't do it to you, they do it to someone else...if you let them do it to…

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There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all…

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I never thought that sex was wrong, sinful, dirty. When you take away the thought of things being dirty or forbidden, then…

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There are not many intellectuals left of Harold Pinter's stature who dare raise their voices - and with such force - against…

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“Dare to change the world There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is…

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Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we…

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“El sueño pesa sobre mis hombros y me acerca de nuevo a vos, al huequito de tu brazo, a tu respiración, a…

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I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising…

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There is a biological power that is intrinsic to the woman, to the female condition. Because you are able to give life.…

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It had never crossed my mind that a man could think he had the right to stop me from being who I…

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I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition…

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“For me, the Revolution sought to end mistreatment, not to democratize it.”

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Never was my political stance determined by the men I was with. I had my own ideas.

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Peace is the respect for the rights of the other person.

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About 2500 years ago Aeschylus, the Greek playwright, wrote, He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot…

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The world has always gone forward when people have dared to have crazy ideas.

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My son lives in Nicaragua. My daughters live in the United States.

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I had a very good sexual education. My mother was very advanced in that regard. She conveyed to me the sense of…

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Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk... You decide who they…

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Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem…

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We have built our identities in many respects based on the guilt-ridden stories we have been told about our creation. For women,…

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Sexuality surrounds us like a dangerous aura. The same reverence that is given to the spirit is not given to the flesh.…

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“Ya no mujer joven sino mujer rotunda. Mis deseos ya no intuiciones sino certezas.”

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