porticos quotes

A nosotros nos ensen‹  aron a respetar la iglesia, a no toser, a no escupir en el atrio, a no lavar la ropa en el altar y no es as | : la vida rompe las religiones. We were taught respect for the church, no hawking and spitting on porticos, don't soak your socks on the altar but things are different: life smashes religions.

-Basoalto
  La rosa separada,'Los hombres' (translated as The Separate Rose,'The Men',1985).