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He concedes that God gives to each man his temperament, his disposition, at birth; he concedes that man cannot by any process change this temperament, but must remain always under its dominion. Yet if it be full of dreadful passions, in one
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He concedes that God gives to each man his temperament, his disposition, at birth; he concedes that man cannot by any process change this temperament, but must remain always under its dominion. Yet if it be full of dreadful passions, in one man's case, and barren of them in another man's, it is right and rational to punish the one for his crimes, and reward the other for abstaining from crime.
“... that the past is one lie, and the memory has no returning, becouse every old spring is beyond retrieve, and even the craziest and most persistent love is just a temporary truth...”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
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“did you ever consider that lsd and color TV arrived for our consumption around the same time? Here comes all this explorative color pounding, and what do we do? we outlaw one and fuck up the other.”
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
“He was not to do anything in bad taste, the woman of the inn warned old Eguchi. He was not to put his finger into the mouth of the sleeping girl, or try anything else of that sort.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
“Nunca me he enamorado, le dije. Ella replicó en el acto: Yo sí. Y terminó sin interrumpir su oficio: Lloré veintidós años por usted. El corazón me dio un salto. Buscando una salida digna, le dije: Hubiéramos sido una buena yunta. Pues hace mal en decírmelo ahora, dijo ella, porque ya no me sirve ni de consuelo.”
― Memoria de mis putas tristes
― Memoria de mis putas tristes
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