Lovers on All Saints' Day Quotes

“Rootlessness had no color, however. It makes no difference to live in one place or another and being born here or there was an accident. One was a chameleon, countries and people mere scenery.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Lovers on All Saints' Day: Stories

“At any moment we'd look each other in the eye and understand there was no longer any solution. That's what I was expecting: a blow, painless and sharp. Then, as difficult as the moment might be, we'd each start over again on our own. And it would all, undoubtedly, be best for both of us.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Lovers on All Saints' Day: Stories

“Abandonar un país era un juego de niños. Un trueque de colores y no de vida. El desarraigo no tenía color, en cambio. A uno le daba igual vivir en cualquier parte y nacer aquí o allá era un accidente. Uno era un camaleón, los países y la gente meros decorados. Tal”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Los amantes de Todos los Santos