"If I had to speak about anything that was difficult in my life now looking back at it, I would say the most difficult part was how the world made you feel about being poor, about being a girl. And, later, how painful it was navigating the world as a young woman. A lot of times I found myself in disastrous situations because I was such an innocent/idiot. It left me damaged as a human being for decades. I think having been beautiful was a cross, and I’m grateful I’m no longer young and no longer beautiful in that same way."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPoets from the United StatesPeople from ChicagoFeminists
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
On the difficulties she has endured in “Interview with Sandra Cisneros” in Latino Book Review (2018 Oct 1)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sandra_Cisneros
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Sandra Cisneros
30 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Sandra Cisneros →
Related Quotes
"I think we are all gifted as children, but we aren’t gifted with the same gifts. In crowded, poor schools, an overwhe…"
"It’s memorable because it makes you either laugh or cry. If a story’s really good, it does both. Sometimes it’s not t…"
"I think my work still has a distinctive voice that is uniquely mine—and that voice is one of a person speaking Spanis…"
"The only reason we write—well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn’t generalize—is so that I can find out so…"
"I don’t take it personally. It has nothing to do with me, or with my book. The book is being taught because it is tel…"
"I like living in a town not dominated by cars. I like living in a small community where artists from around the world…"
"Of course I like to write about love, but then I’ll ask, how is Mexican love different from American love? I’ll look …"
"In Chicana writing the love between a grandmother and a granddaughter is holier than the relationship between a mothe…"
"my favorite writers are, right now Merce Rodoreda, Grace Paley, Juan Rulfo, Manuel Puig, Marguerite Duras - these are…"
"I would never want to offend any writer by publicly admitting which books I’ve put down; it’s not the writer’s fault …"