And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and giver fertilizer…

- Victor Villasenor

Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the joys of heaven and the pains of hell!

- Victor Villasenor

The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of wisdom.

- Victor Villasenor

Talking to God was damned good business.

- Victor Villasenor

No, you are not to complain or question who you are, but instead, grow, reaching for the light that's inside you.

- Victor Villasenor

Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other natural force.

- Victor Villasenor

And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd spoken to …

- Victor Villasenor

Could it be we stifle our children's genius by languaging them too quickly away from their hearts and into the straight and narrow confines of linear…

- Victor Villasenor

Women have to be careful to not wear out their husbands on their honeymoons, or they get so weak that they can't go to work!

- Victor Villasenor