KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Sandra Cisneros Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

Showing 11-20 of 49 Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

I think that Mexican-American kids live in a global world. It's not even bi-, it's multi-. You know, for those of us who grew up with different countries on our block, different nationalities, you know, we moved into multiple worlds.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to reinvent myself.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


All of my work is influenced by fairy tales, and I hope my work shows Hans Christian Anderson's influence.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I spent my thirties living out of boxes and moving every six months to a year. It was my cloud period: I just wandered like a cloud for ten years, following the food supply. I was a hunter, gatherer, an academic migrant.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are many Latino writers as talented as I am, but because we are published through small presses, our books don't count. We are still the illegal aliens of the literary world.

~Sandra Cisneros

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 20th, 1954

Links

Find Sandra Cisneros on Amazon

Related Authors

Leo Buscaglia
Joseph Campbell
Frederick Douglass
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
Zig Ziglar

Popular Authors

Muhammad Ali Honore De Balzac David Bowie Drake Pope Francis Jenn Proske Henry David Thoreau Brendon Urie

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1588 - Thomas Hobbes

1856 - Booker T. Washington

1937 - Colin Powell

1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller

1827 - Joseph Lister

1834 - Frank Richard Stockton

1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne

1883 - Walter Huston

1900 - Spencer Tracy

1901 - Melvyn Douglas

Birthdays on April 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Dreams Morning Parenting Patience Peace Sad Smile Sympathy