An ash-gray dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst onto the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday in December, knocked down tables of fried food, overturned Indians' stalls and lottery kiosks, and bit four people who happened to cross its path.

Let me stay here," he said. "There was soap.

Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.

It was then that she realized that the yellow butterflies preceded the appearances of Mauricio Babilonia.

It was also her nature that caused her letters to avoid emotional pitfalls and confine themselves to relating the events of her daily life in the utilitarian style of a ship's log. In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.