Gabriel García Márquez quotes - page 2

There is no greater glory than to die for love. (Gabriel García Márquez)
They were so close to each other that they preferred death to separation. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
In that Macondo forgotten even by the birds, where the dust and the heat had become so strong that it was difficult to breathe, secluded by solitude and love and by the solitude of love in a house where it was almost impossible to sleep because of the noise of the red ants, Aureliano, and Amaranta Úrsula were the only happy beings, and the most happy on the face of the earth. View quote
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The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
One could be happy not only without love, but despite it. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
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. (Gabriel García Márquez)
jealousy knows more than truth does. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
He is ugly and sad... but he is all love. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
I can't think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Children's lies are signs of great talent. View quote
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A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up. View quote
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The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Do not allow me to forget you. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
One can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the sorrow with each, and not betray any of them. (Gabriel García Márquez)
Today, when I saw you, I realized that what is between us is nothing more than an illusion. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
But when a woman decides to sleep with a man, there is no wall she will not scale, no fortress she will not destroy, no moral consideration she will not ignore at its very root: there is no God worth worrying about. View quote
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My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez