Gabriel García Márquez Quotes

Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

Once he had told her something that she could not imagine: that 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.

This was his world, he said to himself, the sad, oppressive world that God had provided for him, and he was responsible to it.

Ella interponía siempre una barrera de rabia para que no se le notara el miedo. Y en ese caso, el más terrible de todos, que era el miedo de quedarse sin él.

and it was always
without pretensions of loving or being loved although always in the hope of
finding something that resembled love but without the problems of love.

الجنس هو العزاء الذي يلجأ إليه المرء عندما لا يحصل على الحب

"When he went through the kitchen he kissed Rebeca on the forehead.
"Get those bad thoughts out of your head," he told her. "You're going to be happy.

[O]ne can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.

علمته الشىء الوحيد الذى عليه ان يتعلمه عن الحب ,و هو ان احدا لا يستطيع تعليم الاخرين الحياه .

From being used so much, kneaded with sweat and sighs, the air in the room had begun to turn to mud.

أن الكتب اشد خطورة من مؤلفيها

"That may be the reason he does so many things," she said, "so that he will not have to think."

Son perfectas -le oía decir con frecuencia-. Cualquier hombre será feliz con ellas, porque han sido criadas para sufir.

I'm at the mercy of a destiny that isn't mine.

There is great power in the irresistible force of love.