his mysterious resources had awakened in her a curiosity that was difficult to resist, but she had never imagined that curiosity was one of the many … - Gabriel García Márquez

One night she came back from her daily walk stunned by the revelation that one could be happy not only without love, but despite it.

"Don't open that door," she said. "The hallway is full of difficult dreams." And I asked her: "How do you know?" And she told me: "Because I was there a moment ago and I had to come back when I discovered I was sleeping on my heart."

For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.