Who said "The dead do not return until their memory is exhausted"?

This quote is attributed to Pilar Ternera.

The dead do not return until their memory is exhausted - Pilar Ternera

"The dead do not return until their memory is exhausted"

Pilar Ternera Death

Character in One Hundred Years of Solitude

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"The world is small and paths that cross will cross again."

"Nothing that happens in life is lost."

"There should be someone to put your affairs in order."

"A person does not belong to a place until someone in that place is dead."

"Death doesn't scare me anymore."

"Death and I are old friends."

"Welcome to my world."

"Death is just the beginning."