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 was sleeping on my heart.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezBut when a woman decides to sleep with a man, there is no wall she will not scale, no fortress she will not destroy, no moral consideration she will not ignore at its very root: there is no God worth worrying about.
Gabriel Garcia Marquezhe dared to explore her withered neck w/his fingertipsโฆher hips w/their decaying bones, her thighs with their aging veins.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezHe pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezTell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesnโt die when he should but when he can.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind, although from time to time in the years that were left to him he would feel it revive, with no warning and for no reason, like the sudden pang of an old scar.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez