33 Quotes by Gioconda Belli

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

And he was. Suddenly. From not being to being conscious that he was.

Eva temblaba al alcanzar la risa más profunda.

Revolutionary law number one," someone said. "Capitalism has cheated us. Books are not to be bought, they are to be repossessed.""This is robbery," I said. "Let's not kid ourselves. And don't do that to me again. You scared me to death.""It's not robbery. Books are ideas. They should be able to circulate freely within society. At no price at all, or for pennies. Knowledge is universal. It belongs to all of us.

The river moved so swiftly and yet it had no purpose other than to flow, just flow.

Nuestra herencia de tambores batientes ha de continuar latiendo en la sangre de estas generaciones.Es lo único, Yarince, que permaneció: la resistencia.

Antiguo oficio humano, este de querer apagar la luz. ¿Te acordás de la última vez que creímos poder iluminar la noche?.

In his head he felt the confused whirling of images seeking a name. Words, sounds, surged up inside him, clean and clear, and settled on everything around him. He named, and saw what he named recognize itself.

El problema para mí no es lo que se piensa de las mujeres, sino lo que nosotras hemos aceptado pensar de nosotras mismas. Nos hemos dejado culpabilizar por ser mujeres, hemos dejado que nos convenzan de que nuestras mejores cualidades son una debilidad. Lo que tenemos que hacer es demostrar cómo esa manera de ser y actuar femenina puede cambiar no solo este país, sino el mundo entero