Sandra Cisneros quotes - page 3

The truth has a strange way of following you, of coming up to you and making you listen to what it has to say. (Sandra Cisneros)
You don't want somebody who doesn't know his own heart, do you? You'll find someone who's brave enough to love you. Someday. One day. Not today. View quote
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You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. View quote
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I believe love is always eternal. Even if eternity is only five minutes. View quote
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Heartbreak makes us stronger; it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered? View quote
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The older you get, the more power you have with language as a writer, which means that you have to be extra responsible for what you say, whether it's in print or in front of a microphone, because those words can go out and kill or go out and plant seeds for peace. View quote
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Write about what makes you different. View quote
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The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth. View quote
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The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I can find out something about myself. Writers have this narcissistic obsession about how we got to be who we are. I have to understand my ancestors - my father, his mother and her mother - to understand who I am. It all leads back to the narcissistic pleasure of discovering yourself. View quote
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Every book changes my writing because I'm always trying to do something I didn't do before. I try to do what's hard for me, what I haven't done in the past. View quote
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Like all guests, after a fortnight, grief is best beyond the door. (Sandra Cisneros)
Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death. View quote
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I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone. View quote
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The devil knows more from experience than from being the devil. View quote
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I wish somebody had told me love does not die, that we can continue to receive and give love after death. View quote
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I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something somebody in academia would think about. I just want to tell a story, and if people listen, and if it stays with you, it's a story. View quote
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I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate. View quote
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I'm filled with a new joy mixed with old grief. View quote
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The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself. It's like being blind. You aren't less of a person, but you're missing out on wonderful things. View quote
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You'll change. You'll see. Wait till you meet Mr. Right. View quote
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Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft. (Sandra Cisneros)
I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago. View quote
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We can have our hearts broken over so much more. It is important to recognize the full spectrum of heartbreak. We can be heartbroken by lost and by disappointment. But heartbreak is not just this negative image we see, it's not this terrible experience that brings no benefits. View quote
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When your writing is unselfconscious, when it comes from your heart, that's when it's powerful. View quote
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The house was immaculate, as always, not a stray hair anywhere, not a flake of dandruff or a crumpled towel. Even the roses on the dining-room table held their breath. A kind of airless cleanliness that always made me want to sneeze. View quote
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