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I like to mix it up, because the kind of comments you can get from a fiction writer about your poetry are going to be very different than what you'll get from a poet.

Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
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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.
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I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.
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The most powerful speaking you can do is the speaking that comes from your heart and your love.
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I'm not afraid to say what I'm afraid of. Does that make me fearless?
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I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom.
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Some people need flowers, some people need dandelions. It's medicine, it's what you need at that time in your life.
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There's no perfect place, there's no wonderful utopia.
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I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.
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Heartbreak makes us stronger it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered?
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That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without any ego involved and that you did it for somebody else. That's the best you can do.
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