But he could not renounce his infinite capacity for illusion at the very moment he needed it most... he saw fireflies where there were none. (Gabriel García Márquez)

But he could not renounce his infinite capacity for illusion at the very moment he needed it most... he saw fireflies where there were none.

Gabriel García Márquez

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