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his vision clouded, as if his heart were beating right in the middle of his forehead.

— Rosario Castellanos Ciudad Real (1960)

la visión turbia como si sus entrañas estuvieran latiendo en medio de las cejas.

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

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There is no greater satisfaction than a child who, when grown and at the age of accountability, is able to forgive us.

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Words rolled forth from her lips, as they should from every human lip, red with shame. And as Rominka pulled the crust off her sins, she cried. Because it hurts to be left naked.

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The wind fled into the heights, shrieking mournfully. A washed-out, cold sun shot its arrows down upon that barren hill.

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How the earth sings as it spins!/Sings the lightness of its flight,/its freedom, its grace, its joy.

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