One Hundred Years of Solitude

had a dignity that was in
frank contradiction to his
appearance. It was only
necessary to look at him
once, even in the shadows of
the parlor, to realize that the
secret strength that allowed
him to live was not the
instinct of self-preservation
but the habit of fear. It was
Aureliano Amador, the only
survivor of Colonel Aureliano
Buendías seventeen sons,
searching for a respite in his