One had to live a long time to know a man's true nature.

That's maybe the reason he does so many things so that he will not have to think .

The only Virgos left in the world are people like you who were born in August.

In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting.

It was a love of perpetual flight.

[The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.