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title: "33 Feels Quotes By Sandra Cisneros"
description: "33 Feels quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Feels sayings from other authors."
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> [I want to write an essay called "Fear of Mexico," because I always feel like Mexico's this lover that never writes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-want-to-write-an-essay-called-fear-of-mexico-because-i-always-feel/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/now-i-feel-life-is-really-short-and-i-have-to-take-care-of-things/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I feel comfortable in Spanish, I chat like a parrot, but I don't have the confidence in Spanish that I do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-comfortable-in-spanish-i-chat-like-a-parrot-but-i-don-t-have/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I feel the fear touches on something deeper. A sense perhaps of, "My life is speeding past me and I can't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-the-fear-touches-on-something-deeper-a-sense-perhaps-of-my/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I think there's some great stuff coming. I do feel that. I think we have reached our Harlem Renaissance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-think-there-s-some-great-stuff-coming-i-do-feel-that-i-think-we/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-that-i-can-teach-my-listener-about-a-new-word-they-can-use-too/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/each-book-gets-harder-each-book-gets-harder-and-harder-i-always-feel/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/sometimes-i-feel-i-can-t-quite-master-my-written-and-spoken-spanish/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I don't close myself to the possibility of someplace outside the United States, but it would have to be someplace with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-don-t-close-myself-to-the-possibility-of-someplace-outside-the/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I feel like I am in a box of bees when I am in a room with lots of people and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-like-i-am-in-a-box-of-bees-when-i-am-in-a-room-with-lots-of/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I just feel that the East and the West are two different worlds. I sometimes get saddened when I see that very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-just-feel-that-the-east-and-the-west-are-two-different-worlds-i/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [When I lost my father, I thought I learned about grief and transition. However, nobody tells you what it's like to lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-i-lost-my-father-i-thought-i-learned-about-grief-and-transition/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-i-m-starting-to-feel-how-many-more-people-are-there-i-go-slower/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-tend-to-think-of-orphans-as-being-the-protagonist-of-stories-we/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I'm learning a lot by reading teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron. They teach me because I feel like I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-m-learning-a-lot-by-reading-teachers-like-thich-nhat-hanh-pema/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-think-that-it-s-not-enough-to-do-the-little-band-aid-things-of/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/it-takes-a-long-time-for-women-to-feel-it-s-alright-to-be-chingona-to/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I realize that it's like spices in the kitchen. I need that turmeric. I'm sorry, but cinnamon isn't going to substitute .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-realize-that-it-s-like-spices-in-the-kitchen-i-need-that-turmeric-i/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Get yourself empty in the Eastern sense. Not in the Western sense. In the Western sense when we feel empty we feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/get-yourself-empty-in-the-eastern-sense-not-in-the-western-sense-in/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [ \[Thich Nhat Hanh\] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/thich-nhat-hanh-the-one-that-revolutionized-buddhism-instead-of-being/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Post 9/11, we've seen such disastrous policies on the border. I live two and a half hours away from the border, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/post-9-11-we-ve-seen-such-disastrous-policies-on-the-border-i-live/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [The Mexico - United States border was always porous. People have been going and coming back since before the Spaniards arrived. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-mexico-united-states-border-was-always-porous-people-have-been/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [You know how sometimes you meet writers that are so full of themselves? They feel really proud that they wrote something .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-how-sometimes-you-meet-writers-that-are-so-full-of/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-can-try-reading-books-that-will-help-you-be-a-leader-like/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [The TSA tears through your bags at the airport and the NSA watches what books you buy and what you say over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-tsa-tears-through-your-bags-at-the-airport-and-the-nsa-watches/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I've come to some balance now and calmness. If anything happened to me and I got hit by a bus - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-ve-come-to-some-balance-now-and-calmness-if-anything-happened-to-me/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Once you can open yourself to joy, you feel as if you've transformed your sadness into illumination, which is really all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/once-you-can-open-yourself-to-joy-you-feel-as-if-you-ve-transformed/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Believe me, that nap is better than sitting there for three hours and nothing's coming. I've learned that even if I've slept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/believe-me-that-nap-is-better-than-sitting-there-for-three-hours-and/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-get-good-at-being-by-yourself-and-you-re-condemned-to-a-life/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I have this great fear of Mexico City. I won't go to Mexico City unless someone meets me at the airport and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-have-this-great-fear-of-mexico-city-i-won-t-go-to-mexico-city/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [I think people are much more concerned about money now. There aren't the big advances of the past. You feel the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-think-people-are-much-more-concerned-about-money-now-there-aren-t/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to them, and perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-might-not-come-to-the-story/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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> [This is the age of fear and so many of us feel afraid to speak out about what has happened to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/this-is-the-age-of-fear-and-so-many-of-us-feel-afraid-to-speak-out/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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## Other authors on Feels

## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-tend-to-think-of-orphans-as-being-the-protagonist-of-stories-we/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-m-learning-a-lot-by-reading-teachers-like-thich-nhat-hanh-pema/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to-be-until-it-emerges-from-the/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/believe-it-or-not-mexican-cooking-for-those-of-you-who-have-not-gone/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

> [I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-feel-that-i-can-teach-my-listener-about-a-new-word-they-can-use-too/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

> [Now I feel life is really short and I have to take care of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/now-i-feel-life-is-really-short-and-i-have-to-take-care-of-things/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/to-this-day-on-my-cheat-days-from-my-diet-which-are-new-year-s-eve/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-can-never-have-too-much-sky-you-can-fall-asleep-and-wake-up-drunk/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/jorge-luis-borges-had-short-stories-and-i-was-trying-to-learn-how-to/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-want-to-thank-you-especially-those-people-who-are-agnostic-or/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say-in-spanish-to-emotion-me-to/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-i-m-starting-to-feel-how-many-more-people-are-there-i-go-slower/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

> [I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-ve-put-up-with-too-much-too-long-and-now-i-m-just-too-intelligent/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

> [If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-we-got-an-educational-program-going-we-could-tell-people-instead/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

> [I always have to have sweet and salty. I know some of you are going to say, "Oh, I tried dates. I hate them."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-always-have-to-have-sweet-and-salty-i-know-some-of-you-are-going-to/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

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