

“The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.”
― On Love
― On Love

“We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as ideal as we are corrupt.”
― Essays In Love
― Essays In Love

“In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself in every line.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera

“Little by little he idolized her, endowing her with improbable virtues and imaginary sentiments, and after two weeks he thought of nothing else but her.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera

“He finished shaving by touch, still walking around the room, for he tried to see himself in the mirror as little as possible so he would not have to look into his own eyes.”
― The General in His Labyrinth
― The General in His Labyrinth
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