He would wake for no reason in the middle of the night, and the memory…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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He would wake for no reason in the middle of the night, and the memory of the self-absorbed love was revealed to him for what it was: a pitfall of happiness that he despised and desired at the same time, but from which it was impossible to escape.
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