Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
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Gabriel García Márquez104 quotes“Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country.”
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