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The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life.
Sandra Cisneros
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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
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My Spanish is a daughter's Spanish. I write, but my Spanish really is very limited.
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