Colombian - Novelist | March 6, 1927 - April 17, 2014
He who awaits much can expect little.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
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Necessity has the face of a dog.
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No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
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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.'
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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