For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
Gabriel García Márquez on death
Gabriel García Márquez104 quotes“For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.”
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