“And so, there in the penitentiary, Juan's education began. He didn't want to be a puto weakling, so he worked hard at learning to read. His earthly body was locked up, but his mind was set free as a young… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is… — Victor Villasenor Copy Share Image
“Could it be we stifle our children's genius by languaging them too quickly away from their hearts and into the straight and narrow confines… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“Because Spanish is a feeling-based language that comes first from the heart, just as English is a thinking-based language that comes first from the… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“I know realized that this was how you enslaved a people. You didn't just bring them over in chains from Africa. No, you convinced them that they were inferior, not evolved, subhuman, and then you took off their shackles, so they could go to work, you'd still have them enslaved and shackled inside of their minds for hundreds of years.… — Victor Villasenor Copy Share
“Rich is the cream of the fat cow's milk," she said. "Rich is the love of God that we receive each new day! Rich… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other natural force.” — Victor Villasenor Copy Share Image
Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the joys of… — Victor Villasenor Copy Share Image
“And in that moment of sun and joy, Lupe knew why she loved and also hated Salvador. He gave her wings. He didn't try… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“Mi hijito, I've told you a thousand times, if you speak badly of people, God will punish you and make you just like them.” — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“And also--to add to my problems--my parents and relatives kept telling me how they'd grown up feeling so close to the Almighty that they'd… — Victor Villasenor Copy Share Image
“And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
“You are the machos, the life, the future of our families. You are all that's left, so you must protect our mothers and grow… — Victor Villaseñor Copy Share Image
