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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 me energy.

Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
Arts Administrator
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Teacher
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
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