--- title: "9 Healthy Quotes By Sandra Cisneros" description: "9 Healthy quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Healthy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/sandra-cisneros-862_available_it-s-what-s-available-to-the-poor-commun_619780.png" --- > [It's what's available to the poor communities. They do buy healthy stuff, you know, but the lettuce is usually iceberg lettuce and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/it-s-what-s-available-to-the-poor-communities-they-do-buy-healthy/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/sandra-cisneros-862_available_it-s-what-s-available-to-the-poor-commun_619780.png) > [You know that you wouldn't take a baby on a plane without diapers, so when you leave your house, take care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-that-you-wouldn-t-take-a-baby-on-a-plane-without-diapers-so/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/sandra-cisneros-862_baby_you-know-that-you-wouldn-t-take-a-baby-o_2906653.png) > [Generally if you're a daughter in a Mexican family, no one wants to tell you anything; they tell you the healthy lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/generally-if-you-re-a-daughter-in-a-mexican-family-no-one-wants-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/sandra-cisneros-862_about_generally-if-you-re-a-daughter-in-a-mexi_309406.png) > [ I had no concept of this \[healthy food\] until very, very late in life, thanks to a trainer/nutritionist that I met who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-had-no-concept-of-this-healthy-food-until-very-very-late-in-life/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/sandra-cisneros-862_concepts_i-had-no-concept-of-this-healthy-food-un_3052097.jpg) > [I'm most tired after I read, after I've just done a performance, but what I try to do is to fuel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-m-most-tired-after-i-read-after-i-ve-just-done-a-performance-but/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/sandra-cisneros-862_done_i-m-most-tired-after-i-read-after-i-ve-j_2190284.png) > [I always have to have sweet and salty. I know some of you are going to say, "Oh, I tried dates. I…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/sandra-cisneros-862_dates_i-always-have-to-have-sweet-and-salty-i_162937.png) > [People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/people-like-to-blame-mexican-food-but-look-at-what-s-happening-2/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/sandra-cisneros-862_beans_people-like-to-blame-mexican-food-but-lo_2390389.png) > [People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/people-like-to-blame-mexican-food-but-look-at-what-s-happening/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/sandra-cisneros-862_beans_people-like-to-blame-mexican-food-but-lo_1760773.png) > [We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-are-told-by-media-books-television-reality-shows-that-heartbreak/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/sandra-cisneros-862_behavior_we-are-told-by-media-books-television-re_558182.png) ## Other authors on Healthy ## 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/healthy/sandra-cisneros/#itemlist", "name": "9 Healthy Quotes By Sandra Cisneros", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's what's available to the poor communities. 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