Nothing resembles a person as much as the way he dies.

Always tell what you feel. Do what you think.

The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .

[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.

and it was always without pretensions of loving or being loved although always in the hope of finding something that resembled love but without the problems of love.

The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness.

Love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.