In the Time of the Butterflies
A source page for quotes linked to Julia Alvarez.
“How we lie to ourselves when we've fallen in love with the wrong man.”
“Depression is always in the details.”
“Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.”
“Literature is about being a complex, contradictory human being.”
“I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.”
“The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.”
“A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.”
“There is no end to what can be said about the world”
“A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.”
“Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.”