When he went through the kitchen he kissed Rebeca on the forehead. "Get those bad thoughts out of your head," he told her. "You're going to be happy.

He governed as if he felt predestined to never die

When you have a healthy appetite there is no such thing as bad bread.

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.

The woman let out an expansive laugh that resounded through the house like a spray of broken glass.

There is bound to be someone driven mad by love who will give you the chance to study the effects of gold cyanide on a cadaver. And when you do find one, observe with care, they almost always have crystals in their heart

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.