In some way impossible to ascertain, after so many years of absense, J…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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In some way impossible to ascertain, after so many years of absense, Jose Arcadio was still an autumnal child, terribly sad and solitary. ✨ Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.300, Penguin UK
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