“𝑺𝒆𝒙 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.”

tw : adult/minor relationship.

Honestly Marquez writes so beautifully and profoundly. He has his way with the words. It's simply impressive.
Now this is again one of those books which makes one uncomfortable. It's written from the perspective of a 90 year old man who apparently falls in love with a 14 year old.  There are a lot of things to unpack here obviously, a lot of people might assume that Marquez is writing to romanticize pedophila and will judge the author based on this story. But that's simply not correct. 1st of its completely okay for authors to write about bad people and bad things. And in this case Marquez is simply trying to show us the dark side of his time. Historically child prostitution had been common in that part of the world and Marquez had experienced all this ugly stuff and he's simply trying to write about it. He's not romanticizing or glorifying any of it. 

𝘘𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴:

“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.” 

 “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒂”

“𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒛𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒄”

“𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏. 𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑰 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆”

“𝑨𝒉, 𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.”

“𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏.”

 “𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔, 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚.”