The truth has a strange way of following you, of coming up to you and making you listen to what it has to say.
My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flower… - Sandra Cisneros
My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flower…
- Sandra Cisneros
It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying, 'This is my camino, this is my path… - Sandra Cisneros
It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying, 'This is my camino, this is my path…
You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are. - Sandra Cisneros
You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are.
What you're going to be asked to do is bigger than what you think you can do. It's always bigger than what you think you can handle, but you're never… - Sandra Cisneros
What you're going to be asked to do is bigger than what you think you can do. It's always bigger than what you think you can handle, but you're never…
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. - Sandra Cisneros
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful. - Sandra Cisneros
People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.
I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin. - Sandra Cisneros
I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.
There are two things you need to ask for, to open up that channel, so you get the light. One is humility, because our ego is always going to block th… - Sandra Cisneros
There are two things you need to ask for, to open up that channel, so you get the light. One is humility, because our ego is always going to block th…
'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ou… - Sandra Cisneros
'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ou…
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