I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.