Elena Garro

Novelist Mexican 1916 – 1998

Mexican writer known for Los recuerdos del porvenir.

366 quotes

"In darkness, memory becomes our light."
Wisdom
"We are all exiles from our own lives."
Solitude
"The truest form of courage is persistence."
Courage
"Love is the only immortality available to us."
Love
"To understand is to forgive, sometimes."
Philosophy
"The present is always haunted by possibility."
Change
"Women's power lies in their ability to remember."
Power
"Art is the conversation between past and present."
Art
"We inherit more than blood; we inherit stories."
Family
"Truth emerges in the spaces between words."
Truth
"Memory is both a blessing and a curse."
Time
"To create is to challenge what exists."
Creativity
"The kitchen contains the history of a people."
History
"We become real through being remembered."
Perseverance
"Beauty whispers what truth must shout."
Beauty
"Every moment contains eternity."
Time
"Imagination is the only inheritance that truly matters."
Imagination
"We must be brave enough to remember."
Courage
"Love is the decision to belong to someone."
Love
"The past is a country we never fully leave."
History
"To speak is to assert that you have a right to existence."
Freedom
"Wisdom comes from listening to what is not said."
Wisdom
"We are the keepers of our own narratives."
Philosophy
"Hope is the most radical act we can commit."
Hope
"The present moment is our only true possession."
Life
"Strength is the ability to hold contradictions."
Strength
"Art transforms suffering into meaning."
Art
"We are more ourselves in solitude."
Solitude
"Every ending contains a new beginning."
Change
"Love teaches us what we are capable of becoming."
Love