"Soy fuego, she murmurs. Soy luz. I am light. Soy alma, soy espiritu. Each day she affirms herself in this way."

"She was young in her early twenties, yet there was a motherly air about her that made her seem older."

"Since marrying he had become a much more serious man. At Chayos insistence he had given up the bulls for a more tranquil life"

"The girl loved to give orders"

"He was not yet fifty, and for more years than he cared to recall he had made his living roaming the Mexican country side, photographing men, woman and children, the events and possesions in theire lifes. 

"Rafael Beltran began to teach Ines to read."

"He loved the creatures of the sea, those he saw and those he could only imagine. "

"Beto was protective of them. When they got into mischief, hed step between them and Concha if she picked up the broom and laughingly come after them."

“He had not had a drink for nearly ten years. Ten years and no pulque or tequila. He had served his penance, had he not? Ten years to pay for the terrible thing he had done.”

"That she was a woman both defiled and undeserving."