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41 " a powerful resonance that can have the very forest trees overhead swaying in sympathy. "
― Wade Davis , Magdalena: River of Dreams
42 " death as a swindle, "
43 " The Magdalena had become a cemetery, "
44 " love, nature, and desire had fused the worlds of Africa and the Americas into one. "
45 " his Magdalena, as he wrote, but an illusion of memory. "
46 " the final death of innocence. "
47 " barely left of our river of nostalgia "
48 " What in fact had died was just one man’s story, "
49 " the Río Magdalena, according to García Márquez, "
50 " transformed from paradise to wasteland, "
51 " Music was the backdrop of his youth, a cacophony of sound that greeted every dawn and heralded each night "
52 " The robber of memories is surely the one trapped in nostalgia "
53 " the Río Magdalena remains an open book, one with countless pages and chapters yet to be written. "
54 " the delicate movements of deer in the evening as the sun softens on the horizon. "
55 " Open to the Caribbean, recharged by the annual surge of the Magdalena, the wetland was a perfect balance of river and sea. Often described as the most beautiful body of water in Colombia, it was "
56 " little more than a warren of tired shacks that paint alone keeps from tumbling into the water. "
57 " conscientes de que la creatividad no es la motivación de la acción, es su resultado. "