The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but ... - Rosario Castellanos

"The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say."

Rosario Castellanos Literature

Novelist Poet Mexican 1925–1974

More from Rosario Castellanos

"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Silence is the only language God did not give to man to deny it to women."

"Women are not born; they are made."

"I write because I have an inner need to do so."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."