The beginning of a new book had suddenly come to him: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” Over the next eighteen months, those words would blossom into One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Awal mula untuk karya barunya tiba-tiba muncul: \"Bertahun-tahun kemudian, saat menghadapi regu tembak, Kolonel Aureliano Buendía mencoba mengenang suatu senja yang jauh ketika ayahnya mengajaknya untuk melihat es.\" Sekitar 18 bulan setelahnya, kata-kata itu berkembang menjadi Seratus Tahun Kesunyian.