Teresa de la Parra Quotes

• The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting.

  Teresa de la Parra

  Acceptance, Interesting, Tolerance

  Teresa de la Parra (1959). “Mama Blanca's Souvenirs”

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• Memories do not change, and change is the law of existence. If our dead, the closest, the most beloved, were to return to us after a long absence and instead of the old, familiar trees were to find in our souls English gardens and stone walls - that is to say, other loves, other tastes, other interests, they would gaze upon us sadly and tenderly for a moment, wiping away their tears, and then return to their tombs to rest.

  Teresa de la Parra

  Wall, Memories, Garden

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