Quotes From "The General In His Labyrinth" By

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In the end he read everything that came his way, and he did not have a favorite author but rather many who had been favorites at different times. Unknown
2
Iturbide exclaimed: "Don't frighten me, General! ""Don't be frightened, " said the General in a calm voice. "Go to Mexico, even if they kill you or even if you die. And go now while you're still young, because one day it will be too late, and then you won't feel at home here or there. You'll feel like a stranger everywhere, and that's worse than being dead." He looked him straight in the eye, placed his open hand on his own chest, and concluded:" Just look at me. . Unknown
3
That night in Cartagena he again requested the songs of his youth, some so old he had to teach them to Iturbide, who was too young to remember them. The audience slipped away as the General bled inside, and he was left alone with Iturbide beside the embers. Unknown
4
I am condemned to a theatrical destiny. Unknown
5
No matter whom I'm with I'll always be alone, " she said. And she added with a roguish touch: "Excellency. Unknown
6
I'll never fall in love again, " he once confessed to José Palacios, the only human being with whom he ever permitted himself that sort of confidence. "It's like having two souls at the same time. Unknown
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... he was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness." Damn it, " he sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth! Unknown
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Merciful God! " sighed the General. "We've arrived." And it was true. For there was the sea, and on the other side of the sea was the world. Unknown
9
During the luncheon he paid attention to no one except his own phantoms. Unknown