Gabriel García Márquez Quotes

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of thwarted loves.

The wisdom comes to us when it is no longer useful.

Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it to tell the tale.

At every moment of my life, there is a woman who leads me by the hand through the darkness of a reality that women know better than men and in which they navigate better with fewer lights.

There is no medicine that can cure what happiness cannot cure.

I never reread my books because it scares me.

No, I don't wish success upon anyone. It happens to you like it happens to mountaineers, who struggle to reach the summit, and when they do, what do they do? They descend, or try to descend discreetly, with as much dignity as possible.

Love is as important as food. But it doesn't nourish.

The writer writes their book to explain to themselves what cannot be explained.

Love becomes greater and nobler in adversity.

I believe that women hold the world in suspense, so that it does not fall apart while men try to push history. In the end, one wonders which of the two things will be the least sensible.

Journalism is the best profession in the world.