One Hundred Years of Solitude

the poor judgment of a
mechanic. She thought then
that love on one side was
defeating love on the other,
because it was characteristic
of men to deny hunger once
their appetites were satisfied.
Pilar Ternera not only cleared
up that mistake, she also
offered the old canopied bed
where she had conceived
Arcadio, Memes grandfather,
and where afterward she
conceived Aureliano José.