Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing..

Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand..

There is no rose without thorns..

A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom th….

Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. Did you know that when you lie ….

We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us..

I don't impose any word count or number-of-hours quota on myself, or have any rules, except one: persistence. Nothing glamorous. No epiphanies. Just ….

How many others were walking around and not even knowing that someone far away cared for them? Imagine all that love floating in the air, waiting to ….

The needle rocked awkwardly and at the end of her beginning rows, Isabel held up her work to show Esperanza. "Mine is all crooked!" Esperanza smiled ….

This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition o….

You never have to get over it you just have to get on with it..

I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children, I have a garden with roses, and I have my faith and the memories of those who have gone before me. What….