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Top 30 Rudolfo Anaya Quotes (2024 Update)

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “A library is also a place where love begins.”

1. “A library is also a place where love begins.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people – sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding, because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people.”

2. “Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people – sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding, because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.”

3. “It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “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 overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. – Antonio.”

4. “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 overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. – Antonio.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “It seemed the more I knew about people the more I knew about the strange magic hidden in their hearts.”

5. “It seemed the more I knew about people the more I knew about the strange magic hidden in their hearts.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.”

6. “Sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.”

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Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “It was very sad to see my father cry, but I understood it, because sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.”

7. “It was very sad to see my father cry, but I understood it, because sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart.”

8. “And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “The germ of creation lies in violence.”

9. “The germ of creation lies in violence.”

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Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Any land will flow with milk and honey if it is worked with honest hands!”

10. “Any land will flow with milk and honey if it is worked with honest hands!”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “The sun was good. The men of the llano were men of the sun. The men of the farms along the river were men of the moon. But we were all children of the white sun.”

11. “The sun was good. The men of the llano were men of the sun. The men of the farms along the river were men of the moon. But we were all children of the white sun.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “The gaze of her clear eyes held them transfixed. “You must understand that when anybody, bruja or curandera, priest or sinner, tampers with the fate of a man that sometimes a chain of events is set into motion over which no one will have ultimate control. You must be willing to accept this responsibility.”

12. “The gaze of her clear eyes held them transfixed. “You must understand that when anybody, bruja or curandera, priest or sinner, tampers with the fate of a man that sometimes a chain of events is set into motion over which no one will have ultimate control. You must be willing to accept this responsibility.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive.”

13. “Perhaps the best god would be like a woman, because only women really knew how to forgive.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Ultima said to take life’s experiences and build strength from them, not weakness.”

14. “Ultima said to take life’s experiences and build strength from them, not weakness.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “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 alone you don’t have to burn, just being by yourself for all of time would be the worst punishment the Old Man could give you.”

15. “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 alone you don’t have to burn, just being by yourself for all of time would be the worst punishment the Old Man could give you.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I had seen beauty, but the beauty had burdened me with responsibility.”

16. “I had seen beauty, but the beauty had burdened me with responsibility.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Ay, every generation, every man is a part of his past. He cannot escape it, but he may reform the old materials, make something new.”

17. “Ay, every generation, every man is a part of his past. He cannot escape it, but he may reform the old materials, make something new.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant. There is no need to fear men like Tenorio.”

18. “The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant. There is no need to fear men like Tenorio.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I sincerely believe that there is a time in life for drifting. There is a time for sitting back and getting in touch with yourself. Some of our most interesting illuminations and ideas will come when we take time to reflect, time to kick back and cruise awhile.”

19. “I sincerely believe that there is a time in life for drifting. There is a time for sitting back and getting in touch with yourself. Some of our most interesting illuminations and ideas will come when we take time to reflect, time to kick back and cruise awhile.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Where did you get Ultima’s name?” many ask me. “That was her name when she came to me,” I answer. From that first fortuitous meeting I have trained myself to act as a dream catcher. I don’t seek characters, they seem to come to me asking me to tell their stories.”

20. “Where did you get Ultima’s name?” many ask me. “That was her name when she came to me,” I answer. From that first fortuitous meeting I have trained myself to act as a dream catcher. I don’t seek characters, they seem to come to me asking me to tell their stories.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Why are they like that?” I asked Cico. We skirted Blue Lake and worked our way through the tall, golden grass to the creek. “I don’t know,” Cico answered, “except that people, grown-ups and kids, seem to want to hurt each other – and it’s worse when they’re in a group.”

21. “Why are they like that?” I asked Cico. We skirted Blue Lake and worked our way through the tall, golden grass to the creek. “I don’t know,” Cico answered, “except that people, grown-ups and kids, seem to want to hurt each other – and it’s worse when they’re in a group.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Time forever. Millions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity. Time always.”

22. “Time forever. Millions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity. Time always.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “We prayed until our faith passed into an exhaustion that numbed us to sleep.”

23. “We prayed until our faith passed into an exhaustion that numbed us to sleep.”

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Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I asked Go to answer my questions, but the only sound was always the whistling of the wind filling the empty space.”

24. “I asked Go to answer my questions, but the only sound was always the whistling of the wind filling the empty space.”

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Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I think most of the things we call evil are not evil at all; it is just that we don’t understand those things, and so we call them evil. And we fear evil only because we do not understand it.”

25. “I think most of the things we call evil are not evil at all; it is just that we don’t understand those things, and so we call them evil. And we fear evil only because we do not understand it.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Even after the big rancheros and the tejanos came and fenced the beautiful llano, he and those like him continued to work there, I guess because only in that wide expanse of land and sky could they feel the freedom their spirits needed.”

26. “Even after the big rancheros and the tejanos came and fenced the beautiful llano, he and those like him continued to work there, I guess because only in that wide expanse of land and sky could they feel the freedom their spirits needed.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “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 Americanos. Time in Mexico is at times cruel and punishing, but it is never indifferent. It permeates everything, changes reality. Einstein would have loved Mexico because there time and space are one. I stare more often into empty space when I’m in Mexico.”

27. “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 Americanos. Time in Mexico is at times cruel and punishing, but it is never indifferent. It permeates everything, changes reality. Einstein would have loved Mexico because there time and space are one. I stare more often into empty space when I’m in Mexico.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I’ve always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio.”

28. “I’ve always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “I wonder what the years have gathered in the bags. I bet it’s like looking through old trunks, old letters and photographs, an old shoe or two.”

29. “I wonder what the years have gathered in the bags. I bet it’s like looking through old trunks, old letters and photographs, an old shoe or two.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “We don’t need the gospels, we need the fiery men who wrote them!”

30. “We don’t need the gospels, we need the fiery men who wrote them!”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “If the old religion could no longer answer the questions of the children then perhaps it was time to change it.”

31. “If the old religion could no longer answer the questions of the children then perhaps it was time to change it.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “But in the end, magic is magic, and one does not explain it so easily. That is why it is magic. To the child it is natural, but as for the grown man it loses its naturalness – so as old men we see a different reality. And when we dream it is usually for a lost childhood, or trying to change someone, and that is not good. So, in the end, I accept reality-.”

32. “But in the end, magic is magic, and one does not explain it so easily. That is why it is magic. To the child it is natural, but as for the grown man it loses its naturalness – so as old men we see a different reality. And when we dream it is usually for a lost childhood, or trying to change someone, and that is not good. So, in the end, I accept reality-.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya Quote: “Her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them I saw for the first time the wild beauty of our hills and the magic of the green river. My nostrils quivered as I felt the song of the mockingbirds and the drone of the grasshoppers mingle with the pulse of the earth. The four directions of the llano met in me, and the white sun shone on my soul. The granules of sand at my feet and the sun and sky above me seemed to dissolve into one strange, complete being.”

33. “Her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them I saw for the first time the wild beauty of our hills and the magic of the green river. My nostrils quivered as I felt the song of the mockingbirds and the drone of the grasshoppers mingle with the pulse of the earth. The four directions of the llano met in me, and the white sun shone on my soul. The granules of sand at my feet and the sun and sky above me seemed to dissolve into one strange, complete being.”

— Rudolfo Anaya

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