

“And there was that other time, some years ago, at her father's funeral, when, having understood that death, which was 'the most direct way to heaven and the angels,' was not only the result of God's will, but was something that could be chosen, and she herself was determined to find out how that worked, it was her brother who had enlightened her. She couldn't have possibly worked it out by herself: she needed him to tell her what exactly to do, a solution she might perhaps have stumbled on by herself, which was that 'rat poison would do the trick too.”
― Satantango
― Satantango

“She had decided to restore Rebeca's corpse, to disguise with paraffin the damage to her face and make a wig for her from the hair of the saints. She would manufacture a beautiful corpse, with the linen shroud and a plush-lined coffin with purple trim, and she would put it at the disposition of the worms with splendid funeral ceremonies. She worked out the plan with such hatred that it made her tremble to think about the scheme, which she would have carried out in exactly the same way if it had been done out of love, but she would not allow herself to become upset by the confusion and went on perfecting the details so minutely that she came to be more than a specialist and was a virtuoso in the rites of death.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude

“It can't be helped, Vasya. A son is like a lopped-off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists; but you and I are like mushrooms growing in a hollow tree. Here we sit side by side without budging. But I shall stay with you for ever and unalterably, just as you will stay with me.”
― Fathers and Sons
― Fathers and Sons

“Pomegranates. All those seeds. A man could choke to death. I'd sooner have a turnip. Never knew a turnip to do a man any harm.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons

“So you believe anyone who makes a fool of you, and you won't believe anyone who means well by you.”
― Amerika
― Amerika

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