Zitate und Sprüche von Sandra Cisneros

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.

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, isn't it?

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin Donuts or who drives a bus, someone who comes home with their feet hurting like my father, someone who's busy and has too many children, like my mother.

I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

Take me away, like I overdosed on cocaine
Or take me away like a bullet from Kurt Cobain, suicide
I'm from a windy city like Do or Die

You can leave Chicago, but it will never leave you.

Village idiot? Hello, Chicago is a city, not a village, and the best city in the world!

Looking at Chicago from outside the city in daylight is one of the most depressing sights in the world.

Two-thirty, baby, won't you meet me by The Bean?
Too early, maybe later you can show me things
You know what it is, whenever I visit
Windy city, she blowin' me kisses

There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

I miss everything about Chicago - except January and February.

Chicago is my hometown and will always have a special place in my heart.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.

They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Chicago - which is kinda the same.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Mr. President, Ukraine did not "start" this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.