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> [“It was the first time in a half century that they had been so close and had enough time to look at each other with some serenity and they had seen each other for what they were: two old people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/it-was-the-first-time-in-a-half-century-that-they-had-been-so-close/)

[Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

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