opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through . - Gabriel García Márquez

The house became full of love. Aureliano expressed it in poetry that had no beginning and no end. He would write it on the harsh pieces of parchment that Melquiades gave him, on the bathroom walls, on the skin of his arms, and in all of it Remedios would appear transfigured: Remedios in the soporific air of two in the afternoon, Remedios in the soft breath of the roses, Remedios in the water-clock secrets of the moths, Remedios in the steaming morning bread, Remedios everywhere and Remedios forever.

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.

and taught him the only thing he had to learn about love: that nobody teaches life anything.