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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez's classic work weaves together magical realism and historical events, chronicling the rise and fall of the Buendía family and the development of the town of Macondo. more

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Gabriel García Márquez

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“[I]n most human societies, men tend to try, and usually succeed, to monopolize the most exciting, dramatic kinds of work—they'll set the fires that burn down the forest on which they plant their fields, for example, and, if they can, relegate to women the more monotonous and time-consuming tasks, such as weeding. One might say that men will always take for themselves the kind of jobs one can tell stories about afterward, and try to assign women the kind you tell stories during.”

“I choose to make every day a women’s day. Where I respect, honor, cherish, admire, love, protect, appreciate, support, listen to, and believe every woman. To all women of all shapes and heights. To all women of all skin colors and races. Know you are beautiful In your own way. Wear your crown of pride, for it always takes a lot to be who you are. A phenomenon woman.”

“Even after agriculture was invented starting about 10,000 years ago, most farmers still lived in small villages, labored daily to produce enough food for themselves, and never imagined an existence now common in places like Tampa, Florida, where people take for granted cars, toilets, air-conditioning, cell phones, and an abundance of highly processed, calorie-rich food.”