Esmeralda Santiago quotes

I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later. (Esmeralda Santiago)
For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created. View quote
Esmeralda Santiago
How can you know what you're capable of if you don't embrace the unkown? View quote
Esmeralda Santiago
I thought, 'I have been through this process before'...When I was 13 years old I came from Puerto Rico to the United States not knowing any English. What I did at that time was I went to the public library, and I would go to the children's book section where there would be alphabet books and everything would be illustrated. So it was very easy to connect the words to the images. I said, ‘I'm just going to do the same thing. If I did it once before, I can do it again.' View quote
Esmeralda Santiago