868 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

It was also her nature that caused her letters to avoid emotional pitfalls and confine themselves to relating the events of her daily life in the utilitarian style of a ship's log. In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.

María Alejandrina Cervantes, about whom we used to say that she would only go to sleep once and that would be to die, was the most elegant and the most tender woman I have ever known, and the most serviceable in bed, but she was also the most strict.

It was she who did away with my generation’s virginity. She taught us much more than we should have learned, but she taught us above all that there’s no place in life sadder than an empty bed.

With a languid hand he brushed away the cobwebs of his siesta…

La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no sirve para nada.

لقد كان فناء الفندق بالنسبة لي , ضربا من اليانصيب , لأنني كنت أقضي فيه الساعات الطويلة الفائضة , وأنا أقرأ في أرجوحة نوم , تحت قيظ الظهيرة , وقد وصل بي الأمر في أيام السغب , إلى أن أقرأ ابتداء من أبحاث في الجراحة و حتى مراجع في المحاسبة , دون أن يخطر لي أنها ستفيدني فيما بعد , في مغامراتي ككاتب

feliz num mundo próprio de realidades simples

Love is a disease.

Bătrânețea este o stare indecentă care trebuie oprită la timp.