Seeing him like this, dressed just for her in so patent a manner, she could not hold back the fiery blush that rose to her face. She was embarrassed when she greeted him, and he was more embarrassed by her embarrassment. The knowledge that they were behaving as if they were sweethearts was even more embarrassing, and the knowledge that they were both embarrassed embarrassed them so much that Captain Samaritano noticed it with a tremor of compassion.

It was then that she realized that the yellow butterflies preceded the appearances of Mauricio Babilonia.

He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time.

She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart.

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

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

One can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.