Burning Quotes by Sandra Cisneros

We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an…

— Sandra Cisneros

I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have a responsibility…

— Sandra Cisneros

I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and…

— Sandra Cisneros

Believe it or not, Mexican cooking, for those of you who have not gone farther south than Taco Bell, uses a lot of vegetables.…

— Sandra Cisneros

I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too.

— Sandra Cisneros

Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things.

— Sandra Cisneros

To this day, on my cheat days from my diet, which are New Year's Eve and my birthday, I buy luxury foods that are…

— Sandra Cisneros

You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe…

— Sandra Cisneros

[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these things in…

— Sandra Cisneros

I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of…

— Sandra Cisneros

We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to "haunt." We wanted…

— Sandra Cisneros

When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives…

— Sandra Cisneros