She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's childre…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ✨ Love in the Time of Cholera. Book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1985.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ✨ Love in the Time of Cholera. Book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1985.

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