He thought about his people without sentimentalily, with a strick closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated the most.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love, Hate, Life, Understanding, Emotion, Reflection
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Turbulent Love | Personal Development | Imagination Reality | Change Perception | Life Lessons | Perverse Lucidity | Life Skills | Determination | Childbirth Empathy | Credibility | Years Unchanged | Tears | Intimacy | Power Solitude | Eternity | Love Perception | Selfishness | Inner Struggles | Soul’s Struggle | Political System | More
More Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
“More than mother and son, they were accomplices in solitude.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Family Bond, Solitary Connection, Mother-son, Emotional Allies, Shared Solitude, Intimate Trust
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Family Bond, Solitary Connection, Mother-son, Emotional Allies, Shared Solitude, Intimate Trust“Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Loss, Love, Grief, Presence, Memory, Pain
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Loss, Love, Grief, Presence, Memory, Pain“And again, as always, after so many years we were still in the same place we always were.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Life Stagnation, Years Unchanged, Familiar Place, Emotional Cycle, Repetitive Routine, Timeless Feeling
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Life Stagnation, Years Unchanged, Familiar Place, Emotional Cycle, Repetitive Routine, Timeless Feeling“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
Political Satire, National Critique, Admiration, Leadership, Political System, Governance
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Political Satire, National Critique, Admiration, Leadership, Political System, Governance“The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind, although from time to time in the years that were left to him he would feel it revive, with no warning and for no reason, like the sudden pang of an old scar.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memory’s Pain, Emotional Healing, Personal Trauma, Time’s Wounds, Mental Scars, Fear Of Past
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Memory’s Pain, Emotional Healing, Personal Trauma, Time’s Wounds, Mental Scars, Fear Of Past“Her laugh was sad and taciturn, seemingly detached from any feeling of the moment, like something she kept in the cupboard and took out only when she had to, using it with no feeling of ownership, as if the infrequency of her smiles had made her forget the normal way to use them.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sad Laugh, Emotional Detachment, Sadness Expression, Social Behavior, Personal Isolation, Emotional Mask
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sad Laugh, Emotional Detachment, Sadness Expression, Social Behavior, Personal Isolation, Emotional Mask“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
Writer Perspective, Literary Secrets, Novelists’ View, Reading Behavior, Storytelling Craft, Literary Analysis
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Writer Perspective, Literary Secrets, Novelists’ View, Reading Behavior, Storytelling Craft, Literary Analysis“Life is but a continual succession of opportunities for surviving.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Life Challenges, Survival, Opportunity, Resilience, Struggle, Existence
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Life Challenges, Survival, Opportunity, Resilience, Struggle, Existence“A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Comfortable Lies, Emotional Truth, Trust Issues, Love Deception, Uncertainty, Betrayal
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Comfortable Lies, Emotional Truth, Trust Issues, Love Deception, Uncertainty, Betrayal“For you was I born, for you do I have life, for you will I die, for you am I now dying.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Devotional Love, Self-sacrifice, Eternal Love, Undying Affection, Emotional Devotion, Commitment
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Devotional Love, Self-sacrifice, Eternal Love, Undying Affection, Emotional Devotion, Commitment“Hate and love are reciprocal passions.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love, Hate, Emotions, Relationships, Passion, Duality
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love, Hate, Emotions, Relationships, Passion, Duality“And the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men on the expedition felt overwhelmed by their most ancient memories in that paradise of dampness and silence, going back to before original sin, as their boots sank into pools of steaming oil and their machetes destroyed bloody lilies and golden salamanders.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nature Isolation, Ancient Memories, Expedition Life, Environmental Destruction, Silent World, Primal Thoughts
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Nature Isolation, Ancient Memories, Expedition Life, Environmental Destruction, Silent World, Primal Thoughts“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Literature Craft, Writing Process, Creative Artistry, Intellectual Labor, Literary Creation, Building Stories
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Literature Craft, Writing Process, Creative Artistry, Intellectual Labor, Literary Creation, Building Stories“It was a love of perpetual flight.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Eternal Love, Romantic Journey, Undying Love, Emotional Turbulence, Love Escape, Freedom
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Eternal Love, Romantic Journey, Undying Love, Emotional Turbulence, Love Escape, Freedom“Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memory, Love, Time, Past, Nostalgia, Truth
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Memory, Love, Time, Past, Nostalgia, Truth“A man know when he is growing old because he looks like his father.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Aging Process, Family Resemblance, Generational Bonds, Aging Reflections, Father-son, Life Stages
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Aging Process, Family Resemblance, Generational Bonds, Aging Reflections, Father-son, Life Stages“It had to be a mad dream, one that would give her the courage she would need to discard the prejudices of a class that had not always been hers but had become hers more than anyone’s. It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love, Prejudice, Courage, Transformation, Class Struggle, Grace
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love, Prejudice, Courage, Transformation, Class Struggle, Grace“Music is important for one’s health.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Music, Health, Well-being, Therapy, Emotional Support, Lifestyle
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Music, Health, Well-being, Therapy, Emotional Support, Lifestyle“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.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Writing, Responsibility, Pride, Ambition, Creativity, Art
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Writing, Responsibility, Pride, Ambition, Creativity, Art