- Hermogenes Saldivar: I... I think a lot about it... It's as if it were a destiny to fulfil.
- Clara: Do you think your destiny was killing him?
- Hermogenes Saldivar: Of course. It was like he prepared me to do it. He made me do horrible things. As if I had to pay him with my sadness for him to be happy. I was his... his slave. Yes. His trusted slave.