

“My definition of man is a cooking animal. The beasts have memory, judgement, and the faculties and passions of our minds in a certain degree; but no beast is a cook.”
― The Journals, 1762-95
― The Journals, 1762-95

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice...”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“we have to bear in mind that culture is not necessarily transmitted in proportion to people's numbers. One charismatic personality will suffice to release a chain reaction. One”
― Africa and the Blues
― Africa and the Blues

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