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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes



Quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - (15 quotes)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Aging category:

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old; they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Expectation category:

Don't struggle so much; the best things happen when not expected. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Fame category:

Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Hope category:

Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Humanity category:

All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Interpretation category:

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Joy category:

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Life category:

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Money category:

No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Pets category:

Necessity has the face of a dog. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Procrastination category:

He who awaits much can expect little. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Religion category:

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Truth category:

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Words category:

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat; everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - From the Writing category:

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)