To commanders brought up on World War I—where successes were measured in yards rather than scores of miles—it was incomprehensible.
“Sólo ahora, cuando ya pasé por todas las edades que mi padre tuvo en su larga vida, he empezado a verme en el espejo mucho más parecido a él que a mí mismo.”
― Vivir para Contarla
― Vivir para Contarla
“Del interior del país, que se cocinaba a fuego lento en su propia sopa, llegaba apenas el óxido del poder: las leyes, los impuestos, los soldados, las malas noticias incubadas a dos mil quinientos metros de altura”
― Vivir para Contarla
― Vivir para Contarla
“No nos tuteábamos, por la rara costumbre colombiana de tutearse desde el primer saludo y pasar al usted sólo cuando se logra una mayor confianza —como entre esposos.”
― Vivir para Contarla
― Vivir para Contarla
“Between the lights and the ever-present blue ghosts of the Columbian Guard, the fair achieved another milestone: For the first time Chicagoans could stroll at night in perfect safety. This alone began to draw an increased number of visitors, especially young couples locked in the rictus of Victorian courtship and needful of quiet dark places.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
“On the refrigerator, Ammar’s family had magnets. Some of them held photos in place. Two of them affixed a drawing done by a child. It looked like the refrigerator I’d grown up with at my parents’ house. I wondered what we were doing fighting people with magnets on their refrigerators.”
― The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
― The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
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