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“Lo que destruía su confianza en la voluntad humana era observar cómo, por una mezcla de indolencia y estupidez, la gente perdía su derecho a elegir. Allá iba Arturo, mansamente y con el cencerro al cuello, hacia el establo de la desdicha y el fracaso. Dormiría el resto de su vida junto a un error.”

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Book:Señorita México

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