--- title: "28 Way Quotes By Sandra Cisneros" description: "28 Way quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png" --- > [Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat-hanh-or-marshall-rosenberg/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png) > [There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourself-off-of-sugar-because-it-is/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sandra-cisneros-862_addiction_there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourse_2670832.png) > [The truth has a strange way of following you, of coming up to you and making you listen to what it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following-you-of-coming-up-to-you-and/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/sandra-cisneros-862_following_the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following_2489813.png) > [I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, "Why are they all honking at me?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-way-and-think-why-are-they-all/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/sandra-cisneros-862_honking_i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-w_525368.png) > [San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago-drives-me-crazy-in-a/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/sandra-cisneros-862_antonio_san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago_828040.png) > [One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicate-the-work-you-re-going-to-do-2/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/sandra-cisneros-862_community_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1971831.png) > [What's always a challenge for me is that my Spanish is not the level of my English. Nor do I read in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that-my-spanish-is-not-the-level/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/sandra-cisneros-862_always_what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that_367594.png) > [ \[Dennis Mathis\] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-keeping-the-unique-way-that-i/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/sandra-cisneros-862_mexican_dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-k_223445.png) > [There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-think-have-made-a-great-big/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/sandra-cisneros-862_authors_there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-th_1083522.png) > [What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out-and-speak-the-best-way-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/sandra-cisneros-862_attention_what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out_840275.png) > [I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-things-like-i-shan-t-i-would-try/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/sandra-cisneros-862_away_i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-thing_2316797.png) > [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/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/sandra-cisneros-862_book_i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to_17825.png) > [I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-being-an-ardent-beatles-fan/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/sandra-cisneros-862_adulthood_i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-b_1761199.jpg) > [I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-more-now-that-i-m-older-and-i/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/sandra-cisneros-862_authority_i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-m_984126.png) > [The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-single-person-and-engage-was-a/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/sandra-cisneros-862_ability_the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-sin_1484682.png) > [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/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sandra-cisneros-862_disregard_as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigeno_3043657.jpg) > [Everything is holding its breath inside me. Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas. I want to be all new and shiny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside-me-everything-is-waiting-to/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/sandra-cisneros-862_boys_everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside_2127248.png) > [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/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/sandra-cisneros-862_chatter_i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-te_1400223.jpg) > [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/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/sandra-cisneros-862_banging_i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-wo_1139032.png) > [I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-never-been-at-a-table-with-a/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/sandra-cisneros-862_anthropologists_i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-neve_2463685.jpg) > [One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different from wealthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-panel-is-the-way-poor/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-p_204744.jpg) > [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/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that_1512637.jpg) > [One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. And by community I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicate-the-work-you-re-going-to-do/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1558335.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/sandra-cisneros-862_another-way_perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-migh_2811884.png) > [The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-of-ways-very-small-things-can/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/sandra-cisneros-862_change_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-o_1063523.png) > [ We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, "to emotion me" \[to be moved\]. That, as opposed to "haunt."… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.png) > [Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude you might not see in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particular-the-spanish-of-mexico/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png) > [If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-educators-were-really-understanding-of-that-they-d-say-you-know/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/sandra-cisneros-862_behinds_if-educators-were-really-understanding-o_2233880.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/sandra-cisneros/#itemlist", "name": "28 Way Quotes By Sandra Cisneros", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat-hanh-or-marshall-rosenberg/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourself-off-of-sugar-because-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sandra-cisneros-862_addiction_there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourse_2670832.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sandra-cisneros-862_addiction_there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourse_2670832.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sandra-cisneros-862_addiction_there-s-all-kinds-of-ways-to-wean-yourse_2670832.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth has a strange way of following you, of coming up to you and making you listen to what it has to say.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following-you-of-coming-up-to-you-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/sandra-cisneros-862_following_the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following_2489813.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/sandra-cisneros-862_following_the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following_2489813.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/sandra-cisneros-862_following_the-truth-has-a-strange-way-of-following_2489813.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth has a strange way of following you, of coming up to you and making you listen to what it has to say.” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, \"Why are they all honking at me?\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-way-and-think-why-are-they-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/sandra-cisneros-862_honking_i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-w_525368.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/sandra-cisneros-862_honking_i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-w_525368.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/sandra-cisneros-862_honking_i-would-drive-on-streets-that-were-one-w_525368.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, \"Why are they all honking at me?\"” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago-drives-me-crazy-in-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/sandra-cisneros-862_antonio_san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago_828040.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/sandra-cisneros-862_antonio_san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago_828040.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/sandra-cisneros-862_antonio_san-antonio-drives-me-crazy-but-chicago_828040.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicate-the-work-you-re-going-to-do-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/sandra-cisneros-862_community_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1971831.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/sandra-cisneros-862_community_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1971831.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/sandra-cisneros-862_community_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1971831.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's always a challenge for me is that my Spanish is not the level of my English. Nor do I read in Spanish the way I read in English.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that-my-spanish-is-not-the-level/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/sandra-cisneros-862_always_what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that_367594.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/sandra-cisneros-862_always_what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that_367594.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/sandra-cisneros-862_always_what-s-always-a-challenge-for-me-is-that_367594.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's always a challenge for me is that my Spanish is not the level of my English. Nor do I read in Spanish…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or Mexican syntax. So you keep it in because it's adding something unique.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-keeping-the-unique-way-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/sandra-cisneros-862_mexican_dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-k_223445.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/sandra-cisneros-862_mexican_dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-k_223445.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/sandra-cisneros-862_mexican_dennis-mathis-was-very-sensitive-about-k_223445.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I used to do things when I was younger was more about being outrageous, and there was a lot of ego involved in that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-think-have-made-a-great-big/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/sandra-cisneros-862_authors_there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-th_1083522.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/sandra-cisneros-862_authors_there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-th_1083522.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/sandra-cisneros-862_authors_there-are-a-few-of-the-authors-that-i-th_1083522.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I used to do…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell them a story, tell them a story that came from my corazón.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out-and-speak-the-best-way-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/sandra-cisneros-862_attention_what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out_840275.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/sandra-cisneros-862_attention_what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out_840275.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/sandra-cisneros-862_attention_what-i-ve-learned-is-if-i-have-to-go-out_840275.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell them…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in my life, to reply, 'I shan't do that, mother.' That was so far away from my barrio world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-things-like-i-shan-t-i-would-try/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/sandra-cisneros-862_away_i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-thing_2316797.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/sandra-cisneros-862_away_i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-thing_2316797.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/sandra-cisneros-862_away_i-liked-the-books-i-read-that-said-thing_2316797.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in my life, to…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head and then you see it pushing its way up. So in my life if another book wants to be born it's not for me to choose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to-be-until-it-emerges-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/sandra-cisneros-862_book_i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to_17825.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/sandra-cisneros-862_book_i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to_17825.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/sandra-cisneros-862_book_i-never-know-what-something-is-going-to_17825.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never know what something is going to be until it emerges from the womb and you see the crown of its head…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way to adulthood, and listening to all kinds of music that came to us either at the flea market or in our living rooms or on the 'Ed Sullivan' show - all these places we were influenced by.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-being-an-ardent-beatles-fan/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/sandra-cisneros-862_adulthood_i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-b_1761199.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/sandra-cisneros-862_adulthood_i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-b_1761199.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/sandra-cisneros-862_adulthood_i-grew-up-listening-to-the-beatles-and-b_1761199.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way to…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it in public spaces in ways that I felt I couldn't when I was teaching here fifteen years ago.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-more-now-that-i-m-older-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/sandra-cisneros-862_authority_i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-m_984126.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/sandra-cisneros-862_authority_i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-m_984126.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/sandra-cisneros-862_authority_i-find-myself-using-spanish-words-much-m_984126.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it in…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs to do. Writers, living or dead, still guide me in many ways.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-single-person-and-engage-was-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/sandra-cisneros-862_ability_the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-sin_1484682.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/sandra-cisneros-862_ability_the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-sin_1484682.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/sandra-cisneros-862_ability_the-ability-to-be-present-with-every-sin_1484682.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As people who are women, who are Indigenous and live on Indigenous lands, we know, and this is something I understand the older I get, that they don't visit the same way the postman may visit but they do visit. They visit in ways that our modern society often disregards and considers immaterial or unreal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigenous-and-live-on-indigenous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sandra-cisneros-862_disregard_as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigeno_3043657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sandra-cisneros-862_disregard_as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigeno_3043657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/sandra-cisneros-862_disregard_as-people-who-are-women-who-are-indigeno_3043657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As people who are women, who are Indigenous and live on Indigenous lands, we know, and this is something I…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything is holding its breath inside me. Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas. I want to be all new and shiny. I want to sit out bad at night, a boy around my neck and the wind under my skirt. Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, leaning out my window, imagining what I can't see.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside-me-everything-is-waiting-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/sandra-cisneros-862_boys_everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside_2127248.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/sandra-cisneros-862_boys_everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside_2127248.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/sandra-cisneros-862_boys_everything-is-holding-its-breath-inside_2127248.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everything is holding its breath inside me. Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas. I want to be…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can get by and chatter and talk and tell funny stories, make people laugh, but I don't have as many words, I don't have the vocabulary. I think if I forced myself to read in Spanish - you know, I always say I'm going to, but I lose my patience reading in Spanish, because I really do read the way a third grader does, mouthing the words. That takes a long time!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-tell-funny-stories-make-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/sandra-cisneros-862_chatter_i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-te_1400223.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/sandra-cisneros-862_chatter_i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-te_1400223.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/sandra-cisneros-862_chatter_i-can-get-by-and-chatter-and-talk-and-te_1400223.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can get by and chatter and talk and tell funny stories, make people laugh, but I don't have as many words…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was one of those people raised by a woman who was what I call a prisoner of war. She was captured, she didn't want to be there, she was unhappy, she was banging away in the kitchen, the way that a prisoner would bang on her jail cell, you know, really unhappy. She had to cook for nine people with really little money, so she really just got burned out. So I didn't know that you could actually cook and it would be calming, pleasurable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-woman-who-was-what-i-call-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/sandra-cisneros-862_banging_i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-wo_1139032.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/sandra-cisneros-862_banging_i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-wo_1139032.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/sandra-cisneros-862_banging_i-was-one-of-those-people-raised-by-a-wo_1139032.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was one of those people raised by a woman who was what I call a prisoner of war. She was captured, she…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance artist and an anthropologist and a human rights lawyer. Usually at most gatherings, it's all writers. But suddenly I was at a table with all these different people and I learned from each of them, learned from the work they're doing, learned new ways to solve my problems.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-never-been-at-a-table-with-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/sandra-cisneros-862_anthropologists_i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-neve_2463685.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/sandra-cisneros-862_anthropologists_i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-neve_2463685.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/sandra-cisneros-862_anthropologists_i-learned-from-the-macarturos-i-had-neve_2463685.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different from wealthy communities. But the way the library books are measured are by how many books are taken out. And people in poor communities sometimes won't take the book out because they're afraid to. They're afraid of losing it and not being able to replace it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-panel-is-the-way-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-p_204744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-p_204744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-of-the-things-we-learned-from-that-p_204744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food, even if you're poor - you can't go out and buy a Sara Lee cake. You buy the big bag of cookies, those chocolate and vanilla ones with the icing. That has a lot of trans fat in it, but it goes a long way with a lot of people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that-you-ve-got-to-get-a-treat-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that_1512637.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that_1512637.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/sandra-cisneros-862_bags_you-know-if-you-ve-got-nine-people-that_1512637.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. And by community I mean that community you have a special vision for, that only you see, that no one else in a room sees. That special community in pain, that through a pain you've suffered, you're able to have that vision, that super-ray vision.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicate-the-work-you-re-going-to-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1558335.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1558335.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/sandra-cisneros-862_able_one-way-to-get-very-humble-is-to-dedicat_1558335.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. And by community I…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to them, and perform it, and that's another way that I get an alternate point of view that isn't the official version of history out to a community. I feel that's what I've been doing since Caramelo.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-might-not-come-to-the-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/sandra-cisneros-862_another-way_perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-migh_2811884.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/sandra-cisneros-862_another-way_perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-migh_2811884.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/sandra-cisneros-862_another-way_perhaps-the-community-you-mentioned-migh_2811884.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-of-ways-very-small-things-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/sandra-cisneros-862_change_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-o_1063523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/sandra-cisneros-862_change_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-o_1063523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/sandra-cisneros-862_change_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-m-conscious-o_1063523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, \"to emotion me\" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to \"haunt.\" We wanted the feeling of sadness and grief and obsession, so we used emocionó.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say-in-spanish-to-emotion-me-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/sandra-cisneros-862_changed_we-changed-it-to-emocion-the-way-you-say_108295.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We changed it to emocionó, the way you say in Spanish, \"to emotion me\" [to be moved]. That, as opposed to…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude you might not see in the Spanish of the peninsula. I think it has to do with the indigenous way of looking at nature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particular-the-spanish-of-mexico/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, \"You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education.\" So children are ready for the new millennium. We're way behind compared to countries in Europe. If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sandra Cisneros" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/if-educators-were-really-understanding-of-that-they-d-say-you-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/sandra-cisneros-862_behinds_if-educators-were-really-understanding-o_2233880.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/sandra-cisneros-862_behinds_if-educators-were-really-understanding-o_2233880.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/sandra-cisneros-862_behinds_if-educators-were-really-understanding-o_2233880.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, \"You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're…” — Sandra Cisneros", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/", "name": "Way Quotes by Sandra Cisneros", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/sandra-cisneros-862_nelson_why-don-t-we-have-people-like-thich-nhat_695621.png" }, "description": "28 Way quotes by Sandra Cisneros. Plus more from Sandra Cisneros and more Way sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Way", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Sandra Cisneros", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sandra-cisneros/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```