Gabriel García Márquez quotes

Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist and journalist, celebrated as a master of magical realism. His most famous work, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," profoundly influenced world literature. He remains an iconic figure in Latin American culture and literary history. Here are 262 of his quotes:

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. (Gabriel García Márquez)
Never stop smiling not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Don't struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
No medicine cures what happiness cannot. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. (Gabriel García Márquez)
A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
A man knows when he is growing old cuz he begins to look like his father . View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Always tell what you feel. Do what you think... View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret. (Gabriel García Márquez)
The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez - Image
Photo: Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Colombian Writer
Born: March 6, 1927
Died: April 17, 2014
Quotes count: 262
Wikipedia: Gabriel García Márquez

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