Carmen

“the Goddamned fools didn't know that in this business of men if you fall, you fall”
― Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch

“we grew accustomed to believe that he was alive in the house of power because someone had seen him light the Chinese lanterns at some festival, someone had told about seeing his sad eyes, his pale lips, his pensive hand waving through the liturgical decorations of the presidential coach”
― Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch

“overcome the drowsiness of dawn and confront the hazards of reality”
― Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch

“in the deserted sanctuary we found the rubble of grandeur”
― Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch