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Cecilia
Teresita is a blind seer who lives in the hills near Cecilia’s house with her husband. She provides the Garza sisters with prophetic insight, warning them of the monstrous difficulties they will face on their journey, including the nagual, the lechuzas, and el chupacabras. She also tells the sisters that the greatest monster of all dwells among them, alluding to Papá and his abandonment. Teresita is meant to parallel the blind prophet Tiresias in Homer’s Odyssey.
Teresita Quotes in Summer of the Mariposas
The Summer of the Mariposas quotes below are all either spoken by Teresita or refer to Teresita. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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“What Cecilia has beset upon you is just the beginning. You must save the ear pendant’s remaining gifts. Use them sensibly, for there is so much more to life than nightmares and demons in the dark. In order to go home, to be truly happy again, you must face the worst enemy of all, the monster that lives among you.”
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Chapter 18
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Then, just as reluctantly as the last leaf of autumn falls off a desiccated branch, Juanita’s hand slackened and fell away from mine. She walked away from me, leaving me alone with my anger and resentment. Papá’s arrival had done what Cecilia and her Evil Trinity could not accomplish. His empty promises broke the code of the cinco hermanitas. We were five little sisters, together no more—cinco hermanitas torn completely apart.
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Teresita Quotes in Summer of the Mariposas
The Summer of the Mariposas quotes below are all either spoken by Teresita or refer to Teresita. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
“What Cecilia has beset upon you is just the beginning. You must save the ear pendant’s remaining gifts. Use them sensibly, for there is so much more to life than nightmares and demons in the dark. In order to go home, to be truly happy again, you must face the worst enemy of all, the monster that lives among you.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 18
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Then, just as reluctantly as the last leaf of autumn falls off a desiccated branch, Juanita’s hand slackened and fell away from mine. She walked away from me, leaving me alone with my anger and resentment. Papá’s arrival had done what Cecilia and her Evil Trinity could not accomplish. His empty promises broke the code of the cinco hermanitas. We were five little sisters, together no more—cinco hermanitas torn completely apart.
