Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

"Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies."

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"In English, my name means hope. In Spanish, it means too many letters. It means sadness. It means waiting. It is like the number nine, a muddy color."

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"Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within."

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"I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power."

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"I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect."

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