I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close ar… - Gabriel García Márquez

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I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I suppose condemned souls go in order not to endure the truth of their past lives.

Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel José García Márquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, journalist and activist. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Alternative Names: Gabriel José García Márquez • Gabriel Garcia Marquez • Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez • Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez • Gabriel Jose de la Concordia Garcia Marquez

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