“One can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.”
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“To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“لم تذهب يوما الى اعراس القريه ولكنها اول من يذهب الى جنازة في القريه والقرى المجاوره .عاجزة عن الفرح قادرة على البكاء ..وبارعة في السخرية”
― يوميات الحزن العادي
― يوميات الحزن العادي
“It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future. Never mind that you have no control over it. The idea of the future is our greatest entertainment, amusement, and time-killer.”
― Fear of Flying
― Fear of Flying
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