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The Murmur of Bees QUOTES

The Murmur of Bees QUOTES

1 " The life she was living now did not resemble the life that Beatriz Cortés was supposed to have. In spite of it all, the sun rose and set each day—though even that sometimes disconcerted her. Life went on. The seasons came and went in an eternal cycle that would not stop for anything, not even for Beatriz Cortés’s sorrows and truncated hopes. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

2 " Comprar terrenos y empezar de cero en otro lugar. En el pujante Monterrey. Sin embargo, en la intimidad y la inmediatez que proporciona dormir hombro con hombro, Beatriz le había dicho: Francisco, ya duérmete. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

3 " Había sido madre y... ¿cómo se les llama a las madres que pierden a un hijo? ¿Amputadas?, así se sentía. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

4 " Tell them to walk in the shade. To listen with their eyes, to see with their skin, and to feel with their ears, because life speaks to us all and we just need to know and wait to listen to it, see it, feel it. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

5 " Diles que caminen por la sombra. Que escuchen con los ojos, que vean con la piel y que sientan con los oídos, porque la vida nos habla a todos y sólo debemos saber y querer escucharla, verla, sentirla. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

6 " It is in the deepest darkness that one sees things most clearly. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

7 " sólo se ve a la perfección cuando echamos la vista atrás, y por eso la vida la llenamos de “hubieras”. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

8 " Estoy seguro de que en mis células llevo a mi mamá y a mi papá, pero también porto la lavanda, los azahares, las sábanas maternas, los pasos calculados de mi abuela, las nueces tostadas, el 'clunc' del mosaico traidor, el azúcar a punto de caramelo, la leche quemada, las locas chicharras, los olores a madera antigua y los pisos de barro encerado. También estoy hecho de naranjas verdes, dulces o podridas; de miel de azahar y jalea real. Estoy hecho de cuanto esa época tocó mis sentidos y la parte de mi cerebro donde guardo mis recuerdos "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

9 " she understood that, while life offers no guarantees, sometimes it does offer gifts; "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

10 " La vida no da garantías. A nadie. No espera a nadie. No tiene consideraciones con nadie. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

11 " We walk without looking back, because on this journey, all we care about is our destination. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

12 " But let me tell you what I know, what I’ve concluded: it doesn’t matter whether time passes slowly or quickly. What you can be sure of is that, in the end, all you want is to have more. More of those lazy afternoons when nothing happens, despite your best efforts to the contrary. More of those annoying arms that picked you up to stop you doing something crazy. More tellings-off from the mother who you thought was a nag. More glimpses, even, of your father hurrying somewhere, always busy. More soft embraces from the wife who loved you all your life, and more trusting looks from your children’s young eyes. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

13 " Siempre flotaban en el aire los perfumes de los dulces de leche y nuez que hacía mi abuela, los de sus conservas y mermeladas, los del tomillo y el epazote que crecían en macetas en el jardín, y más recientemente los de naranjas, azahares y miel. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

14 " ...aunque la vida no da garantías, a veces sí da regalos... "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

15 " entendiendo por primera vez quizá, y de primera mano, el verdadero significado de la muerte: que no hay marcha atrás y que lo que no se dijo a tiempo, jamás se dirá. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

16 " Simonopio would never refute it: one should never contradict an act of love. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

17 " I do not wish to make light of the pain they must have felt at the loss of loved ones. Anyone who has been bereaved knows that the survivor’s recovery is a torturous road. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

18 " There are no ghosts in this house, my father would say to me. What you hear are the echoes it has kept to remind us of all those who’ve been here. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

19 " But let me tell you what I know, what I’ve concluded: it doesn’t matter whether time passes slowly or quickly. What you can be sure of is that, in the end, all you want is to have more. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees

20 " The miracle would have been if those arrogant fools with the fate of the country in their hands had listened in time to the voices of the experts. Now it was too late. "

― Sofía Segovia , The Murmur of Bees