Quotes by Cristina Peri Rossi

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We know nothing about those we love, except our need of their presence.
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Cuando no se tiene un buen amante, es necesario tener un buen psicoanalista: igual que un buen abogado, o un buen dentista.
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Cuando no se tiene un buen amante, es necesario tener un buen psicoanalista
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El lenguaje debió nacer así, de la pasión, no de la razón.
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Y está tristecomo una silla abandonadaen la mitad del patio azulLos pájaros la rodeanCae una agujaLas hojas resbalansin tocarlaY está tristeen mitad del patiocon la mirada bajalos pechos alicaídosdos palomas tardasY un collarsin perroen la manoComo una silla ya vacía.
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our days are no different from the past, except in the number of tyrants, their systematic methods and the cold logic with which they lead the world to madness
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We have all been exiled from something or someone. I think this is a human condition
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when your foot rests on the unknown, your body quivers with metaphysical excitement
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there are journeys from which one cannot return
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the essence of some stories lies precisely in this: they do not change, but remain like citadels or lighthouses facing the irresistible assault of time