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“It’s true that I feel content and curious, but sometimes I’m also frightened. Waiting on the Other Side may be total desolation, eternal wandering of the sidereal plane calling out for help over and over. No. It won’t be like that. There will be light, a lot of light. My moments of uncertainty are very brief. Life pulls me back in and it’s hard for me to leave it behind.”

DeathFearDyingThoughts On Life

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“It's hard to make money working; and the harder the work, the worse the pay”

WorkPay

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“Sometimes our fates take turns that we don't notice in the moment they occur, but if you live as long as I have they become clear in hindsight.”

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“Distance erases the contours and colors of memory. I have letters and photographs of the family that Juan Martín built in Norway; he calls me on the phone and has come to see me in recent years, when I no longer had the strength for such a long trip, but when I think of my son I can't seem to conjure the exact details of his features or voice.”

FamilyAgingMemoryMothers And Sons

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“The world is paralyzed, and humanity is in quarantine. It is a strange symmetry that I was born in one pandemic and will die during another.”

DeathAgingMemoryPandemic

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“Teresa said that until men gave birth and put up with husbands, as women do, they should not have an opinion - let alone decide on - abortion and divorce. She didn't believe that men had the right to an opinion, much less to pass laws on the female body, since they'd never know the exhaustion of gestation, the pain of labor, and the eternal bondage of motherhood.”

FeminismWomen S RightsReproductive RightsPro Choice

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“Assim que teve Juan Martín nos braços pela primeira vez, esqueceu sua condição de filho ilegítimo e entregou-se ao prazer de mimá-lo como avó. Esse seria seu consolo nos onze meses que lhe restavam neste mundo. Deitava-se na cama ou no sofá com o menino em cima, cantando baixinho para adormecê-lo, e isso lhe acalmava a dor mais que as pílulas dos doutores, dizia.”

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“Eu os veria crescer ano após ano e entrar na vida adulta sem passar pelas incertezas da adolescência, porque as exigências cotidianas não deixavam espaço para a imaginação. Estavam aprisionados numa pobreza mais digna do que a da cidade, mas miséria invencível, de todo modo. As meninas tornavam-se mães antes que o corpo conseguisse amadurecer, e os meninos trabalhavam a terra como os pais e os avós, a menos que pudessem fazer o serviço militar, que lhes possibilitava escapar durante alguns anos.”

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“Desde pequena ficou claro, para mim, que minha mãe e minhas tias pertenciam a uma época passada, que não se interessavam pelo mundo exterior e por nada que abalasse suas crenças, mas aprendi a respeitá-las.”

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“... la castità è una zavorra; forse prima incuteva rispetto, ma ora è sospetta, nessuno lascia un bambino da solo con un prete”

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