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1 " The most dangerous adversary is the one you underestimate. "
― Ruta Sepetys , The Fountains of Silence
2 " I clung to books and words because, unlike people, they’d never abandon me. "
3 " Is it good or bad that the defining items of his life can fit into one small box? "
4 " Daniel looks at a photo of Ben, alone on the dance floor. He moves to a beat entirely his own, life pouring in and out of him. He lived hard and played harder. He did the work. "
5 " Attendants and domestics have been part of Daniel's life since birth. They fade into his background, like Franco's security guards. They are silent witnesses, seemingly blind and deaf to all conversations and indiscretions. But they are not blind and deaf. Everything is noted. "
6 " Estamos más guapas con la boca cerrada. We are prettier with our mouths shut. "
7 " There are colors of beauty in Madrid, but also colors of hardship. Ghosts of war walk the streets in Spain. Daniel passes blind lottery vendors, citizens missing limbs, young people using canes. Should he look directly at them and acknowledge their sacrifice or look away and honor their dignity? "
8 " The sweet girl in Madrid... It probably wouldn't have worked. The divide was too wide. Memories are hungry, tesoro. You musn't feed them. I'd hate to think that a teenage fling might leave you alone for the rest of your life. "
9 " Look at you two. That- is the truth. "
10 " Silence has a voice of its own. "
11 " Truth breaks the chains of silence." Puri puts a trembling hand to her chest. Her voice drops to a whisper."It sets us all free. "
12 " Some were desperate to remember and others were desperate to forget. "
13 " Sometimes the truth is dangerous… But we should search for it nonetheless. "
14 " We have only died if you forget us. —anonymous epitaph SPANISH CIVIL WAR MASS GRAVE "
15 " He doesn’t carry the disease of fear.” “It’s easy to be fearless when you have nothing to lose,” says Julia. "
16 " ... I’m not running around blaming anybody. I’m doing the work. Which is what, exactly?Letting it hurt. "
17 " You must be brave,” says Rafa. “One Texano against three Vallecanos.” “Bravery and stupidity are sometimes interchangeable.” Rafa lights up. “Yes! But fear brings dimension to our lives. Without fear we will never meet courage "
18 " Through my own struggles I’ve learned that knowing is something that evolves. What we think we know can be quite far from the truth. "
19 " And so I confess, dear Padre, that I feel confused. Fuga is gone. Taken by a bullet. I should feel guilty and full of fear. But somehow, I feel more connected to my friend and more proud of him than ever. Fuga never compromised. He never apologized for who or what he was. His difficult past was not a burden to him but an inspiration. "
20 " Thousands of babies were stolen from their parents during the Franco dictatorship in Spain, but the story was suppressed for decades. Now, the first stolen-baby case has gone to court. The trial is expected to last months. As Lucía Benavides reports from Spain, it’s a dark part of Spanish history that is finally getting more recognition. Between 1939 and the late 1980s, it is alleged that over 300,000 babies were stolen from their birth mothers and sold into adoption. —LUCÍA BENAVIDES "
