It’s important that young people find the right books that speak to them at the right time, otherwise you might be encouraging them to dislike readin… - Sandra Cisneros

In Chicana writing the love between a grandmother and a granddaughter is holier than the relationship between a mother and a daughter because the mother and daughter have to deal with the reality of the everyday, whereas the grandmother can be revered from afar. Especially if she’s dead, she becomes this mythic symbol in Chicana literature.

For me the great shame and dolor of our times is the story of immigrant children.

Language is much better than throwing stones; language is much, much stronger.