868 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

levitation by means of chocolate

I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.

-Dime, qué comemos.El coronel necesitó setenta y cinco años -los setenta y cinco años de su vida, minuto a minuto- para llegar a ese instante. Se sintió puro, explícito, invencible, en el momento de responder:-Mierda.

Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but … life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” Gabriel García Márqu

Se tendieron en la cama, uno al lado del otro, y compartieron sus rencores, mientras el mundo se iba apagando y sólo iba quedando el cositeo del comején en el artesonado.

I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my suppressed rage, that I am punctual only only to hide how little I care about other peoples time.

But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass.

Remember that everything that is good, whatever it’s origin, comes from the holy spirit.

If I have to die, let me die fighting.