The house became full of love. Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning and no end. He would write it on the harsh pieces of parchment that Melquiades gave him, on the bathroom walls, on the skin of his arms, and in all of it Remedios would appear transfigured: Remedios in the soporific air of two in the afternoon, Remedios in the soft breath of the roses, Remedios in the water-clock secrets of the moths, Remedios in the steaming morning bread, Remedios everywhere and Remedios forever.

He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.

Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

She searched the truth with an anguish almost as great as her terrible fear of finding it .

Give me a prejudice and I will move the world.

The anxiety of falling in love could not find repose except in bed.

Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.