To love pleasure takes little. To love truly takes a hero who can manage his own fear.

If women were in charge of everything, there would be women tyrants. If black people were in charge, there would be black tyrants. If Hispanics were in charge, then Hispanic tyrants.

If you have yet to be called an incorrigable, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time

Latina women are proud to be called Mrs. That simply means that we have a family.

Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader.

I have to go to the woods, and I have to meet the wolf, or else my life will never begin.

A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before ou will never satisfy the hunger of the soul-self. And that is what the intuition is for; it is the direct messenger of the soul.