It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.

A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.

Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.

Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end.

Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.