I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don’t respect. – Sandra Cisneros

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I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin. – Sandra Cisneros

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The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters. –Sandra-cisneros

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Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is. ― Robin Sharma

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I think of reading as like a medicine cabinet. – Sandra Cisneros

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