Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Life, What Matters, Inspire

"Magical realism ... and fakery" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2001.

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Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Blow, Wind, Stills

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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Birthday, Inspiring, Graduation

FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 23, 2011

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Never stop smiling not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Falling In Love, Fall, Your Smile

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If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door, I’d embrace you, kiss you, and call you back for one more. If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again. If I knew this is the last time I see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love You, Kissing, Doors

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Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Sad, Stay Strong, Tears

FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 29, 2011

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No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Matter, No Matter What, One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”, p.59, Penguin UK

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Don't struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Believe, Struggle, Best Things

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All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Secret, Three, One Hundred Years Of Solitude

"Gabriel García Márquez: a Life". Book by Gerald Martin, www.theguardian.com. 2008.

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When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Power, Reality, Contact

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Curiosity is one of the many masks of love.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Curiosity, Mask, Cholera

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I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Men, Needs, Looks

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If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love You, Who I Am, Ifs

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It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love, Inspirational, Romantic

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). “Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ebook Library”, p.626, Penguin UK

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The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don't understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Country, America, People

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Life is but a continual succession of opportunities for surviving.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Opportunity, Life Is, Succession

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A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

"Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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Inspiration gives no warnings.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Inspiration, Giving, Warning

"Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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Do not allow me to forget you

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Forget You, Forget

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Time was not passing...it was turning in a circle.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Circles, Passing It, Passing

"100 Years of Solitude". Book by Gabriel García Márquez, p. 409, www.counterpunch.org. 2006.

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I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Children, Wings, Giving

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The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Romantic, Regret, Dying

"Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lying, Doubt, One Hundred Years Of Solitude

FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Mar 31, 2014

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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Believe, Usual, Believing Him

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The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Writing, Visible, Transparent

"Of Love and Other Demons". Book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, www.sfgate.com. 1994.

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Born: March 6, 1927
Died: April 17, 2014
Occupation: Novelist
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