Life is like a bracelet...It has little jewels around it which are like the little bright moments that come along in our lives every now and then...

I'm a woman and I'm a Latina, and those are two stubborn combinations.

尽量不要成为房间里最聪明的人。如果你是，我建议你邀请更聪明的人……或者找一个不同的房间。

To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

Do what you can wherever you are， from wherever you sit in life. Give me your time or your talent your money if you have it.

自由不是礼物，而是必须每天争取的成就。