“Knowing' is painful because after it happens I can't stay in the same place and be comfortable. I am no longer the same person I was before” InspirationalGrowthChangeKnowingSelf HelpTherapyGrowth Quotes Author:Gloria Anzaldúa
“This Bridge Called My Back intends to reflect an uncompromised definition of feminism by women of color in the U.S.” FeminismFeminist Movement Book:This Bridge Called My Back, 40th anniversary edition, Writings by Radical Women of Color Source: This Bridge Called My Back, 40th anniversary edition, Writings by Radical Women of Color
“We’re afraid the others will think we’re agringadas because we don’t speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience.” IdentityChicanoChicanaInternalized RacismChicanos Author:Gloria Anzaldúa
“At some point, on our way to a new consciousness, we will have to leave the opposite bank, the split between the two mortal combatants somehow healed so that we are on both shores at once and, at once, see through serpent and eagle eyes. -- Borderlands/La Frontera (1987)” Borderlands La Frontera Author:Gloria Anzaldúa
“Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and anger... To become more intimate with myself and you. To discover myself, to preserve myself, to make myself, to achieve self-autonomy. To dispell the myths that I am a mad prophet or a poor suffering soul. To convince myself that I am worthy and that what I have to say is not a pile of shit... Finally I write because I'm scared of writing, but I'm more scared of not writing.” InspirationalWriting Author:Gloria Anzaldúa
“Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar. (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.)” InspirationalWisdomDifferenceSpanish Author:Gloria Anzaldúa