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> [I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/i-made-strength-from-everything-that-had-happened-to-me-so-that-in/)

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## More by Rudolfo Anaya

> [“I think that if there is a hell it's just a place where you're left all alone, with nobody around you. Man, when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/i-think-that-if-there-is-a-hell-it-s-just-a-place-where-you-re-left/)

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> [ “A \[real\] man does not flee from truth” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/a-real-man-does-not-flee-from-truth/)

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> [“Oh, where is the innocence I must never lose?" ~Antonio”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/oh-where-is-the-innocence-i-must-never-lose-antonio/)

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> [There are many gods . . . gods of beauty and magic, gods of the garden, gods in our own backyards, but we go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/there-are-many-gods-gods-of-beauty-and-magic-gods-of-the-garden-gods/)

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> [It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/it-is-because-good-is-always-stronger-than-evil-always-remember-that/)

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> [The germ of creation lies in violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/the-germ-of-creation-lies-in-violence/)

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> [“I was drinking beer to kill time, the erotic and sensitive Mexican time which is so different from the clean-packaged, well-kept time of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/i-was-drinking-beer-to-kill-time-the-erotic-and-sensitive-mexican/)

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> [The body is not important. It is made of dust; it is made of ashes. It is food for the worms. The winds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/the-body-is-not-important-it-is-made-of-dust-it-is-made-of-ashes-it/)

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> [“And what of the men who made love to the woman who became La Llorona? Did they every cry for their children? It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/and-what-of-the-men-who-made-love-to-the-woman-who-became-la-llorona/)

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> [Ultima came to stay with us the summer I was almost seven. When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/ultima-came-to-stay-with-us-the-summer-i-was-almost-seven-when-she/)

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> [ I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her \[Ultima\] I learned… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/i-had-been-afraid-of-the-awful-presence-of-the-river-which-was-the/)

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> [“The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/the-orange-of-the-golden-carp-appeared-at-the-edge-of-the-pond-we/)

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> [The past seems to infuse into the present, and in the brown, wringled faces of the old people one sees the presence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/the-past-seems-to-infuse-into-the-present-and-in-the-brown-wringled/)

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> [Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/understanding-comes-with-life-as-a-man-grows-he-sees-life-and-death/)

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> [The sun was good. The men of the llano were men of the sun. The men of the farms along the river were men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolfo-anaya/the-sun-was-good-the-men-of-the-llano-were-men-of-the-sun-the-men-of/)

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