--- title: "4 Frightened Quotes By Sandra Cisneros" description: "4 Frightened quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Frightened sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/sandra-cisneros-862_father_i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-fa_287574.png" --- > [I realize that when I moved out of my father’s house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-father-s-house-i-shocked-and/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/sandra-cisneros-862_father_i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-fa_287574.png) > [In the past I was very open and very generous, and I found that it just exploded in my face. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/in-the-past-i-was-very-open-and-very-generous-and-i-found-that-it/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/sandra-cisneros-862_faces_in-the-past-i-was-very-open-and-very-gen_1167777.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/sandra-cisneros-862_areas_the-mexico-united-states-border-was-alwa_1349931.jpg) > [Before you speak, get very quiet, do the meditation, say, "Use me as a channel for what needs to get said to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/before-you-speak-get-very-quiet-do-the-meditation-say-use-me-as-a/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/sandra-cisneros-862_community_before-you-speak-get-very-quiet-do-the-m_2462833.png) ## Other authors on Frightened ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/frightened/sandra-cisneros/#itemlist", "name": "4 Frightened Quotes By Sandra Cisneros", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-father-s-house-i-shocked-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/sandra-cisneros-862_father_i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-fa_287574.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/sandra-cisneros-862_father_i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-fa_287574.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/sandra-cisneros-862_father_i-realize-that-when-i-moved-out-of-my-fa_287574.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I realize that when I moved out of my father’s house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the past I was very open and very generous, and I found that it just exploded in my face. 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