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“Siempre quise a Paulina. En uno de mis primeros recuerdos, Paulina y yo estamos ocultos en una oscura glorieta de laureles, en un jardín con dos leones de piedra. Paulina me dijo: Me gusta el azul, me gustan las uvas, me gusta el hielo, me gustan las rosas, me gustan los caballos blancos. Yo comprendí que mi felicidad había empezado, porque en esas preferencias podía identificarme con Paulina. Nos parecimos tan milagrosamente que en un libro sobre la final reunión de las almas en el alma del mundo, mi amiga escribió en el margen: Las nuestras ya se reunieron. ''Nuestra'' en aquel tiempo, significaba la de ella y la mía.”

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