“The first of the
line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons, and in which Amaranta had played Chinese checkers with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez, and in which Amarana Ursula had sewn the tiny clothing for the child, and in that flash of lucidity he became aware that he was unable to bear in his soul the crushing weight of so much past.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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