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No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes. Or else to force Him to take you before your time.

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There was no air; only the dead, still night fired by the dog days of August. Not a breath. I had to suck in the same air I exhaled, cupping it in my hands before it escaped. I felt it, in and out, less each time…until it was so thin it slipped through my fingers forever. I mean, forever.

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Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.

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Juan Rulfo

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Born: May 16, 1917
Died: January 7, 1986 (aged 68)
Bio: Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo, was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, El Llano en llamas, a collection of short stories, and the 1955 novel Pedro Páramo.
Known for:
  1. Pedro Páramo (1955)
  2. El Llano en llamas (1953)
  3. The burning plain, and other stories (1967)
  4. Diles Que No Me Maten
  5. Juan Rulfo's Mexico

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