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 and reached over and gently pulled the yarn, unraveling the uneven stitches. Then she looked into Isabel's trusting eyes and said, "Do not ever be afraid to start over.
You never have to get over it you just have to get on with it. - Pam Muñoz Ryan
You never have to get over it you just have to get on with it.
- Pam Muñoz Ryan
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 … - Pam Muñoz Ryan
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 …
Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand. - Pam Muñoz Ryan
Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand.
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… - Pam Muñoz Ryan
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…
There is no rose without thorns. - Pam Muñoz Ryan
There is no rose without thorns.
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… - Pam Muñoz Ryan
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…
Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing. - Pam Muñoz Ryan
Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing.
We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us. - Pam Muñoz Ryan
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 … - Pam Muñoz Ryan
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 …
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