868 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

The type he preferred was the opposite: those skinny little tadpoles that no one bothered to turn around and look at in the street, who seemed to disappear when they took off their clothes, who made you feel sorry for them when their bones cracked at the first impact, and yet who could leave the man who bragged the most about his virility ready for the trashcan.

I’ve remained a virgin for you.

«Parece maricas» (...) «E era uma pena, porque estava de se barrar com manteiga e comer-se vivo»

Umut karın doyurmaz, dedi kadın.Karın doyurmaz ama insanı ayakta tutar, diye yanıtladı albay.

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...

At that moment Homero saw him with his heart and laid down his weapons

I always had understood that dying of love was mere poetic license.

He always believed he loved his daughter, but the fear of rabies obliged the Marquis to admit to himself that this was a lie for the sake of convenience. Bernarda, on the other hand, did not even ask herself the question, for she knew very well she did not love the girl and the girl did not love her, and both things seemed fitting. A good part of the hatred each of them felt for Sierva Maria was caused by the other's qualities in her.

la veía transfigurada en la reverberación de las dos de la tarde bajo la llovizna de azahares de los almendros, donde siempre era abril en cualquier tiempo del año.