Voices I Love: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Many years later,
as he faced the firing squad,
Colonel Aureliano Buendia
was to remember that
distant afternoon when
his father took him to discover ice."
as he faced the firing squad,
Colonel Aureliano Buendia
was to remember that
distant afternoon when
his father took him to discover ice."
I have finally begun reading this classic of literature, though I believe I have read that opening line a hundred times before in anticipation. This sentence may be one of the finest in literature. It is certainly the most beautiful.
photos: View from my deck, Evergreen, Colorado September 5, 2008
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