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“she had found peace in that house where memories materialized through the strength of implacable evocation and walked like human beings through the cloistered rooms”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Science has eliminated distance,” Melquíades proclaimed. “In a short time, man will be able to see what is happening in any place in the world without leaving his own house.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Let me soap you," he murmured.
"Thank you for your good intentions," she said, "but my two hands are quite enough."
"Even if it's just your back," the foreigner begged.
"That would be silly," she said. "People never soap their backs.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
"Thank you for your good intentions," she said, "but my two hands are quite enough."
"Even if it's just your back," the foreigner begged.
"That would be silly," she said. "People never soap their backs.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. So many flowers fell from the sky that in the morning the streets were carpeted with a compact cushion and they had to clear them away with shovels and rakes so that the funeral procession could pass by.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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