

“Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera

“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”
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“La ausencia paulatina de tu interés por mí,
la falta progresiva de tus "buenos días",
la elección egoísta de tu lejanía,
fueron los que determinaron que no hiciera falta viajar a Macondo;
bastaba besar tus labios para sentir...
cien años de soledad.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
la falta progresiva de tus "buenos días",
la elección egoísta de tu lejanía,
fueron los que determinaron que no hiciera falta viajar a Macondo;
bastaba besar tus labios para sentir...
cien años de soledad.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude

“We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair.”
― The Exorcist
― The Exorcist

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