One Hundred Years of Solitude

Suddenly, like the
stampede in that world of
happy unawareness, came the
news of Gastons return.
Aureliano and Amaranta
Úrsula opened their eyes, dug
deep into their souls, looked
at the letter with their hands
on their hearts, and
understood that they were so
close to each other that they
preferred death to separation.
Then she wrote her husband a
letter of contradictory truths