Who said "The dead go back to the roots when the world begins."?

This quote is attributed to Pilar Ternera.

The dead go back to the roots when the world begins. - Pilar Ternera

"The dead go back to the roots when the world begins."

Pilar Ternera Faith

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."

"Faith guides me through difficult times."

"Faith is believing when you can't see."

"You have to believe in something, or you'll fall for anything."

"Faith in God and in each other is what sustains us"