“He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”
― Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
― Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
“Pero si algo habían aprendido juntos era que la sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no sirve para nada.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
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