Carmelia Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and — Gabriel García Márquez
But he only found her in the image that saturated his private and terrible solitude. — Gabriel García Márquez
Florentina Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months — Gabriel García Márquez
Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses. — Gabriel García Márquez