“There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention.”
― Save Me the Waltz
― Save Me the Waltz
“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
“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“David, I’ll fly for you, if you’ll love me!”
“Fly, then.”
“I can’t fly, but love me anyway.”
“Poor wingless child!”
“Is it so hard to love me?”
“Do you think you are easy, my illusive possession?”
― Save Me the Waltz
“Fly, then.”
“I can’t fly, but love me anyway.”
“Poor wingless child!”
“Is it so hard to love me?”
“Do you think you are easy, my illusive possession?”
― Save Me the Waltz
“Being in love, she concluded, is simply the presentation of our pasts to another individual, mostly packages so unwieldy that we can no longer manage the loosened strings alone. Looking for love is like asking for a new point of departure, she thought, another chance in life.”
― Save Me the Waltz
― Save Me the Waltz
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