“It was also her nature that caused her letters to avoid emotional pitfalls and confine themselves to relating the events of her daily life in the utilitarian style of a ship's log. In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“He was healthier than the rest of us, but when you listened with the stethoscope you could hear the tears bubbling inside his heart.”
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
― Chronicle of a Death Foretold
“Nobody teaches life anything.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“We'll grow old waiting.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“[O]ne can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
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