Books saved my sanity, knowledge opened the locked places in me and taught me first how to survive and then how to soar.
Living on borders and in margins, keeping intact one's shifting and multiple identity and integrity, is like trying to swim in a new element, an "ali… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Living on borders and in margins, keeping intact one's shifting and multiple identity and integrity, is like trying to swim in a new element, an "ali…
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa
The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our ps… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our ps…
To separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
To separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in…
Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads
A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared.
Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.
Depression is useful. It signals that you need to make changes in your life, it challenges your tendency to withdraw, it reminds you to take action. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Depression is useful. It signals that you need to make changes in your life, it challenges your tendency to withdraw, it reminds you to take action.
What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strengt… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strengt…
Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. You are the truthsayer with quill and torch. Write wi… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. You are the truthsayer with quill and torch. Write wi…
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