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“Science has eliminated distance,” Melquíades proclaimed. “In a short time, man will be able to see what is happening in any place in the world without leaving his own house.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Sitting in the wicker rocking chair with her interrupted work in her lap, Amaranta watched Aureliano José, his chin covered with foam, stropping his razor to give himself his first shave. His blackheads bled and he cut his upper lip as he tried to shape a mustache of blond fuzz, and when it was all over he looked the same as before, but the laborious process gave Amaranta the feeling that she had begun to grow old at that moment.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“How awful," he said, "the way time passes!”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Let me soap you," he murmured.
"Thank you for your good intentions," she said, "but my two hands are quite enough."
"Even if it's just your back," the foreigner begged.
"That would be silly," she said. "People never soap their backs.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
"Thank you for your good intentions," she said, "but my two hands are quite enough."
"Even if it's just your back," the foreigner begged.
"That would be silly," she said. "People never soap their backs.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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