Victor Villasenor

“The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be…

— Victor Villasenor

“Could it be we stifle our children's genius by languaging them too quickly away from their hearts and into the straight and…

— Victor Villaseñor

“Because Spanish is a feeling-based language that comes first from the heart, just as English is a thinking-based language that comes first…

— Victor Villaseñor

“I know realized that this was how you enslaved a people. You didn't just bring them over in chains from Africa. No,…

— Victor Villasenor

“Rich is the cream of the fat cow's milk," she said. "Rich is the love of God that we receive each new…

— Victor Villaseñor

“Jaguars, afterall, were fairly common, and so people were more respectful than afraid of them, just as they were of any other…

— Victor Villasenor

Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the…

— Victor Villasenor

“And in that moment of sun and joy, Lupe knew why she loved and also hated Salvador. He gave her wings. He…

— Victor Villaseñor

“Mi hijito, I've told you a thousand times, if you speak badly of people, God will punish you and make you just…

— Victor Villaseñor

“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…

— Victor Villasenor

“And I thanked mi papa who'd always said to me that we, los Indios, the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses…

— Victor Villaseñor

“You are the machos, the life, the future of our families. You are all that's left, so you must protect our mothers…

— Victor Villaseñor

“No, you are not to complain or question who you are, but instead, grow, reaching for the light that's inside you.”

— Victor Villaseñor

“And so, there in the penitentiary, Juan's education began. He didn't want to be a puto weakling, so he worked hard at…

— Victor Villaseñor

“we don’t have five senses as we were told by all that flat, world-thinking that came from Europe. The Mother Earth is…

— Victor Villaseñor

Women have to be careful to not wear out their husbands on their honeymoons, or they get so weak that they can't…

— Victor Villasenor

“We're all only passing stars who have come by to give each other a little light for our few short days here…

— Victor Villaseñor

“Talking to God was damned good business.”

— Victor Villaseñor