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Nobody is a prophet in their own country. ("Vicente Cochocho")

— Teresa de la Parra Mama Blanca's Memoirs (1929)

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I have said and still say that the dirtiest jobs are coal and politics. One almost always gets one's hands soiled.

Who ever remembers to thank the sun for shining or water for quenching one's thirst? ("Vicente Cochocho")

Mama Blanca's Memoirs (1929)

"Glory is only for those who seek her," a sage once remarked. ("Vicente Cochocho")

Mama Blanca's Memoirs (1929)

Lyric poetry bares the soul and needs great purity and modesty or it risks becoming comical. (1925)

I like poets and writers who stimulate my dreams, these are the true masters of the soul. (to Clemencia Miró)

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