Gabriel García Márquez Quotes

“A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.”

“A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.”

“A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.”

“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”

“Always tell what you feel. Do what you think.”

“Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.”

“Inspiration gives no warnings.”

“It is easier to start a war than to end it.”

“Wisdom comes to us when it is no longer of any use.”

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”

“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.”

“Fate makes us invisible.”

“No place in life is sadder than an empty bed.”

“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”

“A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons.”

“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”

“It is life, more than death, that has no limits.”

“Nothing one does in bed is immoral if it helps to perpetuate love.”

“Spiritual love from the waist up and physical love from the waist down.”

“Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.”

“Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.”

“Morality, too, is a question of time.”

“The invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy love.”

“A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.”

“It can't rain for ever.”

“Time was not passing. It was turning in a circle.”

“The day shit is worth money, poor people will be born without an asshole.”