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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

Gabriel Garcia Marquez quotes

Colombian Novelist March 6, 1927

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She sensed it, saw my eyes wet with tears, and only then must have discovered I was no longer the man I had been, and I endured her glance with a courage I never thought I had. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
HE had fled from her in an attempt to wipe out her memory, not only through distance but by means of a muddled fury that his companions a arms took to be boldness, but the more her image wallowed in the dung hill of war, the more the was resembled Amarant. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "It took me many years not to make arrogant distinctions..."
It took me many years not to make arrogant distinctions between good and bad. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was..."
It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons, and in which Amaranta had played Chinese checkers with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez, and in which Amarana Ursula had sewn the tiny clothing for the child, and in that flash of lucidity he became aware that he was unable to bear in his soul the crushing weight of so much past. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
On the other hand, for years I did not listen to Mozart after I was assaulted by the perverse idea that Mozart does not exist, because when he is good he is Beethoven and when he is bad he is Haydn. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Old age began with one's 1st fall and the death came with the..."
Old age began with one's 1st fall and the death came with the 2nd . Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Do whatever you want, but don't lose that child," she said...."
Do whatever you want, but don't lose that child," she said. "There's no greater misfortune than dying alone. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Remember that everything that is good, whatever it's origin,..."
Remember that everything that is good, whatever it's origin, comes from the holy spirit. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In a solemn way, as if he had just thought of it, he said: The world is moving ahead. Yes, I said, it's moving ahead, but it's revolving around the sun. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Give me a prejudice and I will move the world."
Give me a prejudice and I will move the world. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future."
Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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