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Each man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.

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What worries me is that out of so much hatred for the military, out of fighting them so much and thinking about them so much, you've ended up as bad a...more

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Always. At every moment, asleep and awake, during the most sublime and most abject moments, Amaranta thought of Rebeca, because solitude had made a se...more

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It is easier to start a war than to end it.

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There are some corrupt Christians who do their business with female donkeys.

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He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard.

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Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future.

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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...more