🤍 “𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍.” 

 "𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅.” "

The ending just left me speechless and miserable. Idk idk whyy but i was rooting for Delaura and Sierva Maria. 

In a way this book felt similar to love in the time of cholera, in that book Marquez says "to conclude once again that the symptoms of
love were the same as those of cholera." And in this book Marquez is hinting as if Love is one of the demons haunting our existence.

✧ “𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏, 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,” 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍.” 

Was Delaura talking about love? Idk .

Delaura experiences a passionate love for Sierva, he's consumed by it, in a way possessed by it. 

✧“𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦”

✧“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. 
𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅. “𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.”

There is a scene where she spits on him continuously and Delaura keeps praying for her to never stop. At other instance he eats a fucking cockroach to prove his love.... God! Each and every interaction b/w Delaura and Sierva was so passionate and beautiful... Idk how Marquez can write so beautifully..

✧“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆,” 
 “𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕?”  
“𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.  

✧ “𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓: “𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅.” 
"𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒅. “𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒆,”
 "𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒔𝒉."  

✧“𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔.” 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒐: “𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉.” 

And  then they both die......

✧“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓.”


𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

▫️“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩,”  

▫️“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺,"  

▫️“𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦: “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

▫️ “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩,” 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘰. “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨,” 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴. “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.” 

▫️ “𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴.”

▫️ “𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.” 

▫️ “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵.”

▫️“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦” 

▫️ “𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴.”