He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.
Era todavía demasiado joven para saber que la memoria del corazón elminia los malos recuerdos y magnifica los buenos, y que gracias a ese artificio logramos sobrellevar el pasado.
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