Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

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Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
Time was not passing it was turning in a circle.
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Time was not passing it was turning in a circle.
This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen.
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This should be the spirit every Monday. Know that something good will always happen.
People spend a lifetime thinking about how they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.'
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People spend a lifetime thinking about how they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.'
The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o’clock and the Conservatives at eight.
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The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o’clock and the Conservatives at eight.
Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale...
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Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale...
Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.
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Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.
That’s maybe the reason he does so many things so that he will not have to think .
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That’s maybe the reason he does so many things so that he will not have to think .
Those who wanted to sleep, not from fatigue but because of the nostalgia of dreams...
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Those who wanted to sleep, not from fatigue but because of the nostalgia of dreams...
I don’t have a method. All I do is read a lot, think a lot, and rewrite constantly. It’s not a scientific thing.
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I don’t have a method. All I do is read a lot, think a lot, and rewrite constantly. It’s not a scientific thing.
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