The truth is I’m getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don’t feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
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Gabriel García Márquez104 quotes“The truth is I’m getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don’t feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.”
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