“We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one day not be at all.”
― The Year of Magical Thinking
― The Year of Magical Thinking
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
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“the most revolutionary act for a woman will be a self-willed journey—and to be welcomed when she comes home.”
― My Life on the Road
― My Life on the Road
“If someone called me a lesbian—in those days all single feminists were assumed to be lesbians—I learned just to say, “Thank you.” It disclosed nothing, confused the accuser, conveyed solidarity with women who were lesbians, and made the audience laugh.”
― My Life on the Road
― My Life on the Road
100 Years of Marquez
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This group is open to anyone who is interested in reading the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in honour of his recent passing. A celebration of his pr ...more
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