868 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

Why do you insist on talking about what does not exist?

As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.

Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.

There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.

A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. So many flowers fell from the sky that in the morning the streets were carpeted with a compact cushion and they had to clear them away with shovels and rakes so that the funeral procession could pass by.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

How strange women are.

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.

If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.