"The House on Mango Street" Quotes
"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros is a coming-of-age novel told through vignettes, exploring the life and dreams of a young Latina girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in a Chicago neighborhood.
fiction | 110 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I am too strong for her to keep me here forever.
You can never have too much sky.
I like to tell stories. I am going to tell you a story about a girl who didn’t want to belong.
But I know how those things go.
They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them.
You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing.
Someday I will have a best friend all my own.
I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much.
I want to be like the waves on the sea, like the clouds in the wind.
Those who don't know any better come into our neighborhood scared.
