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Along American turnpikes he had failed to peddle vacuum cleaners, saucepans, patent medicines, candy, cufflinks, hairpieces. (I didn’t know all this at the time, but would learn it soon, gracefully worded, in his obituary.)
“I'll never fall in love again... it's like having two souls at the same time.”
― The General in His Labyrinth
― The General in His Labyrinth
“How strange women are.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“He squinted and said, “Hmmm,” which translated from “male” means, “I don’t actually agree with that idea, but I don’t have a comeback line to common sense.”
― The Rejected Writers' Book Club
― The Rejected Writers' Book Club
“El hecho de que alguien no te ame como tú quieras, no significa que no te ame con todo su ser.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“you are a woman, forget about it. With all the cultural advancements, middle-class and professional women of this era have gained the freedom to have their own lives and careers without the need for marriage. Having a husband and kids isn’t a prerequisite to having a well-rounded, fulfilling adult life anymore. To be clear, I’m not saying that filling that traditional housewife role over being a professional is a bad thing to do today, and I know that the decisions women make about work are complicated. Also, I’m not saying that women who do choose careers hate their kids, etc. Am I clear here? I’M NOT SHITTING ON ANYONE’S LIFE CHOICE (unless the choice is to smoke crack and treat your kids like the Mo’Nique character treats Precious in the movie Precious). But what’s important is that more women than ever are able to make that choice for themselves. Even”
― Modern Romance: An Investigation
― Modern Romance: An Investigation
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