52 Quotes by Ana Castillo

Once innocence – an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists – encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And if that knowledge is employed, then it becomes wisdom.

Poverty has its advantages. When you’re that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart. The important things.

A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there’s something you don’t like to see in yourself a good lover won’t see it either.

Our goal should be to achieve joy.

Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies...

I tried to understand how in every journey a man or woman was both hero and anti-hero at varying times. Years.

You say your city the way some Americans say this is their country. You never feel right saying that – my country. For some reason looking Mexican means you can’t be American.