Quotes from Zoé Valdés

it's poetry that's taught me everything I know. Poetry has shown me the world; I owe a debt of gratitude to poetry for the love I feel for nature, the earth, the trees, the ocean. Before I had read any poetry I resembled nothing so much as a blind woman—and a mute one, too, because I had no idea how to put my thoughts in order, no idea how to speak, the words wouldn't come. Poetry taught me how to talk.

Strah muškarce parališe, a žene pokre?e.

Kada neko do?e sa namerom da ti nešto ukrade, on prigrabi šta god mu staviš nadomak ruke, makar i majušnu stvar.

Krivi smo ?im se rodimo, svakim svojim postupkom labavimo uže koje ?e otpustiti giljotinu, da nam glave padnu na slamu istorije.

Solo leer y viajar nos hace sabio

Muškarci se oporave od rastanka mnogo brže nego žene. Žena umire prilikom svakog rastanka. Muškarac se nakon svakog rastanka preporodi.

No empañes las palabras con hipócritas silencios censuradores.

Las palabras alivian y los silencios sanan.

permití que el ostracismo y la amargura se adueñaran de mi existencia.

Traveling with a man is traveling alone.