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title: "55 Knows Quotes By Sandra Cisneros"
description: "55 Knows quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Knows sayings from other authors."
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> [I know there are a lot of women who are afraid of driving on highways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-know-there-are-a-lot-of-women-who-are-afraid-of-driving-on-highways/)

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> [Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/even-if-we-don-t-know-if-god-exists-we-can-be-certain-love-exists/)

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> [You know, we should have cards like the deaf have. "Can't talk, I'm writing today."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-we-should-have-cards-like-the-deaf-have-can-t-talk-i-m/)

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> [The devil knows more from experience than from being the devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-devil-knows-more-from-experience-than-from-being-the-devil/)

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> [Even though it's hard to believe, but people who know me really well know I'm shy. I have to go past that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/even-though-it-s-hard-to-believe-but-people-who-know-me-really-well/)

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> [You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-can-t-erase-what-you-know-you-can-t-forget-who-you-are/)

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> [When I say what I'm reading, this is what I need. I know the ills that plague me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-i-say-what-i-m-reading-this-is-what-i-need-i-know-the-ills-that/)

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> [I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-had-to-learn-quick-because-i-was-performing-in-cinco-de-mayo/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [You know how women have this clock when they want to have a baby? I had this clock where I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-how-women-have-this-clock-when-they-want-to-have-a-baby-i/)

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> [People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/people-know-when-you-re-speaking-from-el-coraz-n-you-have-that-pain/)

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> [When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/when-you-speak-words-that-are-relevant-to-people-they-automatically/)

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> [What do we call our Harlem Renaissance? Maybe in the future, it won't be just Latino, maybe it'll be more multi-multi, because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/what-do-we-call-our-harlem-renaissance-maybe-in-the-future-it-won-t/)

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> [Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/don-t-be-afraid-to-say-what-you-don-t-know-and-speak-for-what-you-do/)

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> [As people who are women, who are Indigenous and live on Indigenous lands, we know, and this is something I understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigenous-and-live-on-indigenous/)

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> [I can get by and chatter and talk and tell funny stories, make people laugh, but I don't have as many words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-tell-funny-stories-make-people/)

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> [I was one of those people raised by a woman who was what I call a prisoner of war. She was captured,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-woman-who-was-what-i-call-a/)

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> [Mom used to walk with me for something like two or three miles to get to the day-old bakery. They had those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/mom-used-to-walk-with-me-for-something-like-two-or-three-miles-to-get/)

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> [You know how sometimes you're talking to people who love you and give you unconditional love, and you say, "But you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-how-sometimes-you-re-talking-to-people-who-love-you-and-give/)

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> [I live in a town that's two and a half hours from the border. I know people who have lived in San…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-live-in-a-town-that-s-two-and-a-half-hours-from-the-border-i-know/)

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> [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/)

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> [You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that-you-ve-got-to-get-a-treat-for/)

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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/)

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> [We started an organization that's the only sub-organization of the MacArthur Foundation and we are called the Macarturos. Usually when I win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-started-an-organization-that-s-the-only-sub-organization-of-the/)

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> [Well, when you're an immigrant writer, or an immigrant, you're not always welcome to this country unless you're the right immigrant. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/well-when-you-re-an-immigrant-writer-or-an-immigrant-you-re-not/)

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> [As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/as-indigenous-peoples-we-know-there-is-more-to-the-world-we-know/)

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> [I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to-be-until-it-emerges-from-the/)

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> [I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-know-the-books-that-i-need-to-help-me-to-be-wiser-than-my-years-and/)

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> [I was very lucky. I don't know German, or Dutch, or Chinese, or Thai. I don't know them, so I can't judge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-was-very-lucky-i-don-t-know-german-or-dutch-or-chinese-or-thai-i/)

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> [You don't want somebody who doesn't know his own heart, do you? You'll find someone who's brave enough to love you. Someday.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-don-t-want-somebody-who-doesn-t-know-his-own-heart-do-you-you-ll/)

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> [It's so good for your health to take those naps. I don't know why people brag that they sleep five hours. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/it-s-so-good-for-your-health-to-take-those-naps-i-don-t-know-why/)

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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/)

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> [Afterwards, people come and say, "I felt like you said that just to me. What you said is something I'm going through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/afterwards-people-come-and-say-i-felt-like-you-said-that-just-to-me/)

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> [If you live in poor neighborhoods - I know from living in several poor neighborhoods - the worst supermarkets in the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-you-live-in-poor-neighborhoods-i-know-from-living-in-several-poor/)

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> [I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-can-t-stand-it-when-people-say-if-you-re-writing-a-novel-you-should/)

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> [You know, you want to be outrageous when you're young, so all the young people say, "Oooh . . ." Now my tactics are different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-you-want-to-be-outrageous-when-you-re-young-so-all-the-young/)

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> [If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-you-know-two-cultures-and-two-languages-that-intermediate-place/)

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> [I think I didn't know what I was creating, as much as I knew what I didn't want to do. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-think-i-didn-t-know-what-i-was-creating-as-much-as-i-knew-what-i/)

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> [I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-don-t-know-what-the-definition-of-a-short-story-is-and-i-don-t-even/)

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## Other authors on Knows

## 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/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[Jorge Luis Borges\] 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [ 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/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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