Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said. ‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress,’ said Abrenuncio. ‘If we ever broke down the barriers, we could produce the centaur.

There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.

Never stop smiling not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.

For a week I did not take off my mechanic's coverall day or night I did not bathe or shave or brush my teeth because love taught me too late that you groom yourself for someone you dress and perfume yourself for someone and I'd never had anyone to do that for.

Florentina Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months and eleven days and nights. 'Forever,' he said.

I'll never fall in love again... it's like having two souls at the same time.

Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.