Best of Zoraida Córdova's "The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina"

Here is a selection of memorable quotes from The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova.

How could something that had never been his leave a hunger nothing else could fill?

p.110

But he was also too beautiful to belong to anyone. Not truly. It was a funny thing that people warned of the dangers of pretty women, that there was power in beauty. But Orquidea thought beautiful men were even more dangerous. Men were already born with power. Why did they need more?

p.187

When a man dismisses other women as nothing, he would eventually do the same to her.

p.219

Some people were meant for great, lasting legacies. Others were meant for small moments of goodness, tiny but that rippled and grew in big, wide waves. Tatinelly may be ordinary, but she was not weak.

p.250

There is nothing brighter than a wish. It comes from true hope.

p.255

Silence is a language of its own in this family. A curse of our own making.

p.272

Some people change over time, water wearing stones smooth. Others require the violent clap of lightning that turns sand into glass.

p.288

But that was the way of missing people. You wished for them, you longed for them, you forgot them. Then you wished for them again.

p.320