"The General in His Labyrinth" Quotes
"The General in His Labyrinth" follows the final journey of General Simón Bolívar as he reflects on his life and legacy.
fiction | 248 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.
The only thing I need is to see you in order to feel that I am still alive.
The only thing that keeps a man alive is the hope of seeing again the woman he loves.
He was the victim of his destiny, but he was also its sword.
He thought that in the beauty of the world were hidden a secret, a melancholy that was so deep that it made the heart heavy.
He had the feeling that he was walking in the wrong direction.
They would go on loving each other in the same way until they died and were buried in the same grave.
He was more in love with her than ever, and he could hardly bear the thought that she was not there waiting for him.
He had the feeling that his heart was sagging under the weight of so much past.
He realized that he had already lived his life to the end.
