I became a nun, because although I recognized it as having many ramifications... foreign to my temperament, still, given my completely negative feelings about marriage, it was the least disproportionate and most fitting thing I could do.


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Juana Inés de la Cruz Quotes

I became a nun, because although I recognized it as having many ramifications... foreign to my temperament, still, given my completely negative...

I became a nun, because although I recognized it as having many ramifications... foreign to my temperament, still, given my completely negative...

I became a nun, because although I recognized it as having many ramifications... foreign to my temperament, still, given my completely negative...

I became a nun, because although I recognized it as having many ramifications... foreign to my temperament, still, given my completely negative...