Collected Meditations
Showing 9 quotesI 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
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Space
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
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Respect
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.— Sandra Cisneros
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Power
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.— Sandra Cisneros
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Peace
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.— Sandra Cisneros
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Hope
I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin Donuts or who drives a bus, someone who comes home with their feet hurting like my father, someone who's busy and has too many children, like my mother.— Sandra Cisneros
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Home
I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom.— Sandra Cisneros
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Freedom