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Rosario Castellanos on Mother's Day

1925–1974 Mexico

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Mother and poetess do not rhyme, but they go together rather well.

Genesis of an Ambassador (1971)

I have come happy as a river,/singing beneath a sky of willows and poplars/to this large, beautiful sea of love./I no longer wait, I live.

The word "love" is used far too frequently and far too imprecisely. It moves heaven and earth, it illuminates the purest of pages, but oh, with what ease it is pressed into service to mask the most infamous of passions, the vilest selfishness, and even crime!

In Praise of Friendship (1964)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rosario Castellanos (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.