Both described at the same time how it was always March there and always Monday, and then they understood that José Arcadio Buendía was not as crazy as the family said, but that he was the only one who had enough lucidity to sense the truth of the fact that time also stumbled and had accidents and could therefore splinter and leave an eternalized fragment in a room. Anonymous
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This quote describes the surrealistic experience that José Arcadio Buendía had when he first entered the house of the ghosts. It also demonstrates the lack of logic in the way people perceive time, especially in isolated places where time seems to slow down. As an example, José Arcadio Buendía was always living in a world where his body ages at a normal pace, but his environment does not age. This means that he is very old while everyone around him is still young.

Source: One Hundred Years Of Solitude

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