The solution to your depression lies en esa cueva oscura [in this dark cave] and a deeper integration of your psyche. - Gloria E. Anzaldúa

My whole struggle is to change the disciplines, to change the genres, to change how people look at a poem, at theory or at children's books. So I have to struggle between how many of these rules I can break and how I still can have readers read the book without getting frustrated.

the skin of the earth is seamless. The sea cannot be fenced, El mar does not stop at borders

Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. You are the truthsayer with quill and torch. Write with your tongues of fire. Don't let the pen banish you from yourself. (p. 171)