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> [“Mourning suits us Spanish women. Tragedy turns us into Antigone - maybe we are bred for the part.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/mourning-suits-us-spanish-women-tragedy-turns-us-into-antigone-maybe/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

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## More by Judith Ortiz Cofer

> [“You are transformed into one of the gypsy ancestors we have never discussed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/you-are-transformed-into-one-of-the-gypsy-ancestors-we-have-never/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“I was chaos on the first day, waiting for the Word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/i-was-chaos-on-the-first-day-waiting-for-the-word/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“In the wind that may travel as far as you have gone, I send this message: Out here, in a place you will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/in-the-wind-that-may-travel-as-far-as-you-have-gone-i-send-this/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [It takes a fierce devotion to defend your artistic space, and eternal vigilance over it, because the needs of others will grow like vines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/it-takes-a-fierce-devotion-to-defend-your-artistic-space-and-eternal/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“Living with her taught me this: That silence is a thick and dark curtain, the kind that pulls down over a shop window; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/living-with-her-taught-me-this-that-silence-is-a-thick-and-dark/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“Mourning suits us Spanish women. Tragedy turns us into Antigone - maybe we are bred for the part.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/mourning-suits-us-spanish-women-tragedy-turns-us-into-antigone-maybe/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“Without you, I am an empty place where spiders crawl and nothing takes root.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/without-you-i-am-an-empty-place-where-spiders-crawl-and-nothing-takes/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“The oldest woman in the village, Paciencia, predicts the weather from the flight of birds: Today it will rain toads, she says, squinting her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/the-oldest-woman-in-the-village-paciencia-predicts-the-weather-from/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“The decade is over, time to begin forgiving old sins. Thirteen years since your death on a Florida interstate - and again a dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/the-decade-is-over-time-to-begin-forgiving-old-sins-thirteen-years/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

> [“ I have always known that you will visit my grave. I see myself as a small brown bird, perhaps a sparrow, watching you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-ortiz-cofer/i-have-always-known-that-you-will-visit-my-grave-i-see-myself-as-a/)

[Judith Ortiz Cofer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-ortiz-cofer/)

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