“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.”
Source: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Quotes from book
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
Original title
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
(Spanish, 1981)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario twins.
“He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard.”
Source: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
“When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her.”
Source: Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), trans. Gregory Rabassa [Ballantine, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31002-0], p. 47
