“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Do you know that every great thing in the history of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or has been caused by feelings that you would call nasty? By passion, by love, by hatred, by truth. Do you know that?”
― The Collector
― The Collector
“Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.”
― The Black Obelisk
― The Black Obelisk
“The power of women! I've never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke.
We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours.”
― The Collector
We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours.”
― The Collector
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