Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair.

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

going back and forth, back and forth, getting nowhere

I drank that sentence and began to glow.

You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.

I'll be the invisible girl, Everyone passing through me, No one touching.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night, I feel a longing forMy father before he was born.

I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

Music bypasses the conceptual mind. Music does not give you food for thought.

Just the fact that you get to live and breathe and interact with the world - that's pretty marvelous.

It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.

Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it was striving against the stream.

My style advice to other girls is to be experimental but always have a 'home base' and stick with your comfort style.