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nature and place

Author Sandra Cisneros reflects on the influence of nature and place:

I was one of those children who felt more at home sitting in a tree reading a book than with another child. I felt when I was a child that trees could talk, and I understood what they could say. I could talk to the trees. And because of their age and wisdom, they told me to persevere, to "keep, keep, keep." They were also sympathetic and kind and friendly in a way that human beings were not; and they laughed and nodded a lot. But most of all, their lesson was one of patience.