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Stones for Ibarra
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"Stones for Ibarra" Quotes

An American couple moves to a remote Mexican town and grapples with love, loss, and cultural differences.

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It was a good place to be if you had to be in Ibarra.

Harriet Doerr

locationappreciation

The truth was, Richard realized, he had never been more interested in anything than he was in the fate of the exiles.

Harriet Doerr

interestempathy

Life was a dream, and the dream was a dream too.

Harriet Doerr

lifephilosophy

The world is a place that reveals itself to those who travel on foot.

Harriet Doerr

traveldiscovery

She was able to see that the people she was most interested in were the people she was most afraid of.

Harriet Doerr

fearinterest

It's not what I know that counts, it's what I can find out.

Harriet Doerr

knowledgelearning

She was fond of saying that the only thing for certain about life was its uncertainty.

Harriet Doerr

lifeuncertainty

He was not sure whether he was a man who dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming that he was a man.

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dreamsidentity

It was odd, but the more she cried, the more comforted she felt.

Harriet Doerr

emotionscomfort

We are all of us in a strange country, so to speak.

Harriet Doerr

lifeidentity