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“When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance.”
― The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
― The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
“I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out. ”
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“Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Be calm. God awaits you at the door.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nastiness, and fabulous flashes of glory in the conjugal conspiracy. It was time when they both loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity. Life would still present them with other moral trials, of course, but that no longer mattered: they were on the other shore.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
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