One Hundred Years of Solitude

Melquíades room with the
shy Aureliano. He took
pleasure in recalling with him
the most hidden corners of his
country, which Aureliano
knew as if he had spent much
time there. When Gaston
asked him what he had done
to obtain knowledge that was
not in the encyclopedia, he
received the same answer as
José Arcadio: Everything Is
known. In addition to
Sanskrit he had learned