“In order to burn out, a person needs to have been on fire at one time.”

“Peace for Israel,” he said.“Is that possible?” I drew closer.“Yes, if we have peace with God first.”

“You are truly the most expensive girl in all God’s creation. And the most precious.”

“God does not make mistakes. What He says He will do, He will.”

“Tenochtitlán y Texcoco aportarían guerreros y estrategas, mientras que la humilde Tacuba proporcionaría cargadores y tortillas”

“One fire burns out another's burning,One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.”

“The captain gave the order to fire. Arcadio barely had time to put out his chest and raise his head, not understanding where the hot liquid that burned his thighs was pouring from.”