Florentino Ariza was left with the nagging suspicion that this was not her last word. He believed that when a woman says no, she is waiting to be urged before making her final decision, but with her h...
Fermina, he said, I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.
Fear had absorbed her completely and remained there, fixed, tenacious, almost corporeal, as if it were some invisible person who had made up his mind not to leave the room. And the most upsetting part...
Esto le había permitido establecer un poder matriarcal cuyo dominio alcanzaba hasta los parientes más remotos en los lugares menos pensados, como un sistema planetario que ella manejaba desde su cocin...
Es el demonio, padre mío, le dijo Delaura. El más terrible de todos.
Era ainda jovem demais para saber que a memória do coração elimina as más lembranças e enaltece as boas e que graças a esse artifício conseguimos suportar o passado.
En cambio, no volví a escuchar a Mozart durante años, desde que me asaltó la idea perversa de que Mozart no existe, porque cuando es bueno es Beethoven y cuando es malo es Haydn.
Ella le preguntó por esos días si era verdad, como decían las canciones, que el amor lo podía todo. «Es verdad», le contestó él, «pero harás bien en no creerlo»
Ela começava a florescer numa encruzilhada de forças contrárias. Tinha muito pouco da mãe. Do pai tinha o corpo esquálido, a timidez irremissível, a pele lívida, os olhos de um azul merencório...
Dulce Olivia had sharp wits and a strong character, and it was not easy to detect her madness
Don't worry, he would say, smiling. Dying is much more difficult than one imagines.
Don't stay with Urdanetea, he told him. And don't go with your family to the United States. It's omnipotent and terrible, and its tale of liberty will end in a plague of miseries for us all.
Don't open that door, she said. The hallway is full of difficult dreams. And I asked her: How do you know? And she told me: Because I was there a moment ago and I had to come back when I discovered I...
Din acea perioada datau teoriile lui mai degraba simpliste despre relatia dintre fizicul femeilor si aptitudinile lor pentru dragoste. Nu avea incredere in tipul senzual, muierustile acelea care parea...
Desde la escuela primaria le había picado la ventolera de ser cubano, y terminó por serlo más y mejor que si lo hubiera sido. Hablaba, comía, pintaba, se vestía, se enamoraba, bailaba y vivía su vida...
Desde entonces manifestaba el párroco los primeros síntomas del delirio senil que lo llevó a decir, años más tarde, que probablemente el diablo había ganado la rebelión contra Dios, y que era aquél qu...
Descubrí que mi obsesión de que cada cosa estuviera en su puesto, cada asunto en su tiempo, cada palabra en su estilo, no era el premio merecido de una mente en orden, sino al contrario, todo un siste...
Dawns in the dormitory had a suspicious resemblance to happiness.
Colonel Aureliano Buendia could understand only that the secret of good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude- 205
By virtue of marrying a man she does not love for money. That's the lowest kind of whore.