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Rosario Castellanos Quotes

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

Rosario Castellanos
Laughter, Laughing, Firsts
Rosario Castellanos, Maureen Ahern (1988). “A Rosario Castellanos Reader”, p.258, University of Texas Press

It’s not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn’t even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves.

Rosario Castellanos
Not Good Enough, Answers, Who We Are
Rosario Castellanos (2010). “A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama”, p.356, University of Texas Press

Writing has been a way of explaining to myself the things I do not understand.

Rosario Castellanos
Writing, Way, Explaining

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