17 Quotes by Marcela Serrano

Value yourself. Without internal resources, you have nothing.

I felt like the most despicable woman in the world for allowing my mother to be a vagabond and not lifting a finger to rescue her. Other nights I cried from rage, from pure hatred, and I couldn’t rid myself of it. Hatred is like blood, it’s impossible to conceal and it stains everything.

I think that one person’s story is always part of other people’s stories.

Houses are very important. Describe your house and I’ll tell you who you are. Your world is there. It’s what covers you, like a bird’s feathers.

Everyone suffers, who doesn’t, for God’s sake? So there should be some kind of manual explaining how the hell to bring back happiness in spite of your troubles.

Perhaps the solution is to have a little project every day. If there’s no reason for you to get up in the morning it really doesn’t matter if you are alive or dead.

Women among women know how not to feel alone.

At times I think I made a mistake by demonstrating how energetic and efficient I am. It’s impossible for them not to take advantage of me. On the days when I wake up feeling far from charitable, I see my husband as a cannibal. He feeds off my vitality, like a vampire. Sometimes, when I’m alone, I lower my guard and collapse in exhaustion.