The entire being of a woman
is a secret which should be kept.
- Isak Dinesen (1885-1962)
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
- Julia Child (1912-2004)
Madre, madre, tú me besas,
pero yo te beso más,
y el enjambre de mis besos
no te deja ni mirar...
Si la abeja se entra al lirio,
no se siente su aletear.
Cuando escondes a tu hijito
ni se le oye respirar...
Yo te miro, yo te miro
sin cansarme de mirar,
y qué lindo niño veo
a tus ojos asomar...
El estanque copia todo
lo que tú mirando estás;
pero tú en las niñas tienes
a tu hijo y nada más.
Los ojitos que me diste
me los tengo de gastar
en seguirte por los valles,
por el cielo y por el mar...
- Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957)
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
- Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured, it must not be destroyed.
- Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Bésame, bésame mucho,This is one of the most romantic songs ever written.
Como si fuera esta noche
La última vez.
Bésame, bésame mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte después.
Quiero tenerte muy cerca,
Mirarme en tus ojos,
Y estar junto a tí.
Piensa que tal vez mañana,
Estaré muy lejos,
Muy lejos de aquí.
Bésame, bésame mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte
Perderte después.
- Consuelo Velázquez (1917- 2005)
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)
The fasts are done; the Aves said;
The moon has filled her horn
And in the solemn night I watch
Before the Easter morn.
So pure, so still the starry heaven,
So hushed the brooding air,
I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings
If one should earthward fare.
- Edna Dean Proctor (mid-1800’s –1923)
I wanted to fill that emptiness in my heart,
but I did not know what with.
- Božena Němcová (1820-1862)
If I had my life to live over again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
- Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)
Tell me a story...
- Margarita Debayle Sacasa (20th century - timeless)
Margarita, está linda la mar,
y el viento
lleva esencia sutil de azahar;
yo siento
en el alma una alondra cantar;
tu acento.
Margarita, te voy a contar
un cuento.
Este era un rey que tenía
un palacio de diamantes,
una tienda hecha del día
y un rebaño de elefantes.
Un kiosko de malaquita,
un gran manto de tisú,
y una gentil princesita,
tan bonita,
Margarita,
tan bonita como tú.
Una tarde la princesa
vio una estrella aparecer;
la princesa era traviesa
y la quiso ir a coger.
La quería para hacerla
decorar un prendedor,
con un verso y una perla,
una pluma y una flor.
Las princesas primorosas
se parecen mucho a ti.
Cortan lirios, cortan rosas,
cortan astros. Son así.
Pues se fue la niña bella,
bajo el cielo y sobre el mar,
a cortar la blanca estrella
que la hacía suspirar.
Y siguió camino arriba,
por la luna y más allá;
mas lo malo es que ella iba
sin permiso del papá.
Cuando estuvo ya de vuelta
de los parques del Señor,
se miraba toda envuelta
en un dulce resplandor.
Y el rey dijo: "¿Qué te has hecho?
Te he buscado y no te hallé;
y ¿qué tienes en el pecho,
que encendido se te ve?"
La princesa no mentía,
y así, dijo la verdad:
"Fui a cortar la estrella mía
a la azul inmensidad."
Y el rey clama: "¿No te he dicho
que el azul no hay que tocar?
¡Qué locura! ¡Qué capricho!
El Señor se va a enojar."
Y dice ella: "No hubo intento:
yo me fui no sé por qué;
por las olas y en el viento
fui a la estrella y la corté."
Y el papá dice enojado:
"Un castigo has de tener:
vuelve al cielo, y lo robado
vas ahora a devolver."
La princesa se entristece
por su dulce flor de luz,
cuando entonces aparece
sonriendo el buen Jesús.
Y así dice: "En mis campiñas
esa rosa le ofrecí:
son mis flores de las niñas
que al soñar piensan en mí."
Viste el rey ropas brillantes,
y luego hace desfilar
cuatrocientos elefantes
a la orilla de la mar.
La princesa está bella,
pues ya tiene el prendedor,
en que lucen, con la estrella,
verso, perla, pluma y flor.
Margarita, está linda la mar,
y el viento
lleva esencia sutil de azahar:
tu aliento.
Ya que lejos de mí vas a estar
guarda, niña, un gentil pensamiento
al que un día te quiso contar
un cuento.
The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power has no sex.Power has no gender. I have always known that.
- Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)
Ours is a circle of friends
united by ideals.
- Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927)
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
- Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
- Harriet Tubman (approximately 1818–1913)
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
- Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)
Wisdom is
sweeter than honey,
brings more joy
than wine,
illumines
more than the sun,
is more precious
than jewels.
She causes
the ears to hear
and the heart to comprehend.
I love her
like a mother,
and she embraces me
as her own child.
I will follow
her footprints
and she will not cast me away.
- Makeda, Queen of Sheba (ca. 960/1000 B.C.)
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.
If you have them, you have to take care of them!
There is great freedom in simplicity of living.
It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
- Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981)
I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.
- Marguerite Yourcenar
(1903-1987)
On second thought, I think I am crazier than my goat.
- Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
mas loca que una cabra OR
crazier than a goat
mas loca que una cabra en bicicleta
crazier than a goat on a bicycle
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
- Annie Besant (1847-1933)
Une femme qui vit à fond sa féminité est par là même l'égale des hommes.I agree that when a woman has the courage to fully embrace her femininity, she has access to her strength. However, although I am a staunch believer in equal rights, I do not wish to be a man’s equal...I am so much more...
- Dalida (1933-1987)
My aim: never copy.
Create a new style, light, brilliant colours,
And sense the elegance in your models.
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the windowpane?
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
- Golda Meir (1898-1978)
I always look ahead.
I never regret.
I have excitement every waking minute.
- Gloria Swanson (1899 – 1983)
It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.
- Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985)
When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given you something else.
- Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
