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Rudolfo Anaya Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from Rudolfo Anaya
01
“You are innocent until you understand.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
innocence
ᐧ
understanding
ᐧ
growing up
ᐧ
gaining knowledge
concepts
02
“Ultima’s spirit bathed me with its strong resolution.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Ultima
ᐧ
Antonio Marez
characters
determination
ᐧ
supernatural
ᐧ
beliefs
concepts
03
“The day dawned, and already the time of youth was fleeing the house which the three giants of my dreams had built. ”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
character
time
ᐧ
the past
ᐧ
growing up
ᐧ
finding the truth
concepts
04
“It will only end when blood is spilled”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Samuel
character
violence
ᐧ
revenge
ᐧ
foreshadowing
concepts
05
“I must go. He was my brother!”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Chavez
ᐧ
Gabriel Marez
ᐧ
Lupito
characters
violence
ᐧ
revenge
concepts
06
“I saw the old woman who had delivered me from my mother’s womb. I knew she held the secret of my destiny.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Ultima
ᐧ
Antonio Marez
characters
secrets
ᐧ
fate
ᐧ
destiny
ᐧ
birth
concepts
07
“He drew near and saw that it was no natural fire he witnessed, but rather the dance of the witches.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
character
strangeness
ᐧ
supernatural
ᐧ
beliefs
concepts
08
“Ay, every generation, every man is a part of his past.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
the past
ᐧ
growing up
ᐧ
learning
ᐧ
loss
concepts
09
“They understood that I had to be away from the places that held the memories of my friend.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
character
memories
ᐧ
the past
ᐧ
friends
concepts
10
“In that one there is hope,” I heard my uncle Juan say to mother. I knew he talked about me. ”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
ᐧ
Juan Luna
ᐧ
Maria Marez
characters
admiration
ᐧ
identity
ᐧ
hope
ᐧ
hope for the future
concepts
11
“Ultima says a man’s destiny must unfold itself like a flower.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Ultima
ᐧ
Antonio Marez
characters
destiny
ᐧ
gaining knowledge
ᐧ
searching
concepts
12
“Understanding comes with life.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Gabriel Marez
ᐧ
Antonio Marez
characters
life
ᐧ
wisdom
ᐧ
understanding
ᐧ
growing up
concepts
13
“It was the Lunas who carried the charter from the Mexican government to settle the valley. That took courage.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
courage
ᐧ
pride
ᐧ
the past
concepts
14
“I was so startled and frightened that I jumped like a wounded rabbit, but he made no move to catch me.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Tenorio Trementina
ᐧ
Antonio Marez
characters
fear
ᐧ
predator
concepts
15
“It was true, I thought, it is the Márez blood in us that touches us with this urge to wander. Like the restless, seeking sea.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
ᐧ
Andrew Marez
ᐧ
Eugene Marez
ᐧ
Leon Marez
characters
leaving
ᐧ
identity
ᐧ
destiny
concepts
16
“Time stood still, and it shared with me all that had been, and all that was to come.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio
character
time
ᐧ
future
ᐧ
the past
concepts
17
“For the first time, I would be away from the protection of my mother.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
ᐧ
Maria Marez
characters
leaving
ᐧ
vulnerability
ᐧ
growing up
concepts
18
“Your evil bird blinded me!” he cried. “For that I curse you! I will see you dead! And you, Narciso, I swear to kill you!”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Tenorio Trementina
ᐧ
Ultima
ᐧ
Narciso
characters
anger
ᐧ
curse
ᐧ
threat
concepts
19
“For what you have said to shame my daughters and my good name in front of those men, I will see you dead!”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Tenorio Trementina
ᐧ
Ultima
characters
revenge
ᐧ
threat
ᐧ
shame
concepts
20
“I do not want you to waste your life in dreams, like your father.”
Rudolfo Anaya
author
Bless Me Ultima
book
Antonio Marez
ᐧ
Maria Marez
characters
dreams
ᐧ
choices
ᐧ
fate
ᐧ
mistakes
ᐧ
free will
concepts
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innocence
understanding
growing up
gaining knowledge
determination
supernatural
beliefs
Ultima
Antonio Marez
time
the past
finding the truth
violence
revenge
foreshadowing
Samuel
Chavez
Gabriel Marez
Lupito
secrets
fate
destiny
birth
strangeness
learning
loss
memories
friends
admiration
identity
hope
hope for the future
Juan Luna
Maria Marez
searching
life
wisdom
courage
pride
fear
predator
Tenorio Trementina
leaving
Andrew Marez
Eugene Marez
Leon Marez
future
Antonio
vulnerability
anger
curse
threat
Narciso
shame
dreams
choices
mistakes
free will
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