--- title: "21 Said Quotes By Gabriel García Márquez" description: "21 Said quotes by Gabriel García Márquez. Plus more from Gabriel García Márquez and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_love_when-i-wake-up-he-said-remind-me-that-i_228849.jpg" --- > [When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/when-i-wake-up-he-said-remind-me-that-i-m-going-to-marry-her/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_love_when-i-wake-up-he-said-remind-me-that-i_228849.jpg) > [Let me stay here," he said. "There was soap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/let-me-stay-here-he-said-there-was-soap/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_let-me_let-me-stay-here-he-said-there-was-soap_1488162.jpg) > [“I have no friends," he said. "And if I do have any left it won't be for long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-have-no-friends-he-said-and-if-i-do-have-any-left-it-won-t-be-for/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_friendlessness_i-have-no-friends-he-said-and-if-i-do-ha_2488929.jpg) > [He shook my hand and said goodbye with a sentence that might have been either good advice or a threat: "Take good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-shook-my-hand-and-said-goodbye-with-a-sentence-that-might-have/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_advice_he-shook-my-hand-and-said-goodbye-with-a_1810848.jpg) > [Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/tell-him-the-colonel-said-smiling-that-a-person-doesn-t-die-when-he/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_colonel_tell-him-the-colonel-said-smiling-that-a_3109281.jpg) > [The war is in the mountains,” he said. “For as long as I can remember, they have killed us in the cities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/the-war-is-in-the-mountains-he-said-for-as-long-as-i-can-remember/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_bullets_the-war-is-in-the-mountains-he-said-for_2897218.jpg) > [Florentina Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months and eleven days and nights. 'Forever,' he said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/florentina-ariza-had-kept-his-answer-ready-for-fifty-three-years/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_answers_florentina-ariza-had-kept-his-answer-rea_420689.jpg) > [This was his world, he said to himself, the sad, oppressive world that God had provided for him, and he was responsible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/this-was-his-world-he-said-to-himself-the-sad-oppressive-world-that/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_god_this-was-his-world-he-said-to-himself-th_970279.jpg) > [This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/this-was-when-she-asked-him-whether-it-was-true-that-love-conquered/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_believe_this-was-when-she-asked-him-whether-it-w_1580655.jpg) > [He said that love was an emotion contra natura that condemned two strangers to a base and unhealthy dependence, and the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-said-that-love-was-an-emotion-contra-natura-that-condemned-two/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_emotion_he-said-that-love-was-an-emotion-contra_2152169.jpg) > [What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/what-does-he-say-he-asked-he-s-very-sad-rsula-answered-because-he/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_colonels_what-does-he-say-he-asked-he-s-very-sad_3084947.jpg) > [In the plenitude of their relationship, Florentina Ariza asked himself which of the two was love: the turbulent bed or the peaceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/in-the-plenitude-of-their-relationship-florentina-ariza-asked-himself/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_afternoon_in-the-plenitude-of-their-relationship-f_3198989.jpg) > [Don't open that door," she said. "The hallway is full of difficult dreams." And I asked her: "How do you know?" And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/don-t-open-that-door-she-said-the-hallway-is-full-of-difficult-dreams/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_difficult_don-t-open-that-door-she-said-the-hallwa_2684839.jpg) > [With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/with-her-florentino-ariza-learned-what-he-had-already-experienced/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_betray_with-her-florentino-ariza-learned-what-h_1218878.jpg) > [The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/the-truth-is-i-m-getting-old-i-said-we-already-are-old-she-said-with/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_feels_the-truth-is-i-m-getting-old-i-said-we-a_2465337.jpg) > [I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-don-t-know-who-said-that-novelists-read-the-novels-of-others-only/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_believe_i-don-t-know-who-said-that-novelists-rea_2357448.jpg) > [Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said. ‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/horses-frighten-me-as-much-as-chickens-do-he-said-that-is-too-bad/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_barriers_horses-frighten-me-as-much-as-chickens-d_2604006.jpg) > [Little by little, studying the infinite possibilities of a loss of memory, he realized that the day might come when things would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/little-by-little-studying-the-infinite-possibilities-of-a-loss-of/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_god-exists_little-by-little-studying-the-infinite-p_2810624.jpg) > [ He said that people who loved \[animals\] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-said-that-people-who-loved-animals-to-excess-were-capable-of-the/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_animal_he-said-that-people-who-loved-animals-to_1578871.jpg) > [Both described at the same time how it was always March there and always Monday, and then they understood that José Arcadio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/both-described-at-the-same-time-how-it-was-always-march-there-and/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_accidents_both-described-at-the-same-time-how-it-w_526879.jpg) > [Although some men who were easy with their words said that it was worth sacrificing one’s life for a night of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/although-some-men-who-were-easy-with-their-words-said-that-it-was/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_danger_although-some-men-who-were-easy-with-the_1547679.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Gabriel García Márquez > [“The Captain looked at Fermina Daza and saw on her eyelashes the first glimmer of wintry frost. Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/the-captain-looked-at-fermina-daza-and-saw-on-her-eyelashes-the-first/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“Courage did not come from the need to survive, or from a brute indifference inherited from someone else, but from a driving need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/courage-did-not-come-from-the-need-to-survive-or-from-a-brute/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“He aprendido que un hombre sólo tiene derecho a mirar a otro hacia abajo cuando ha de ayudarle a levantarse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-aprendido-que-un-hombre-s-lo-tiene-derecho-a-mirar-a-otro-hacia/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/from-the-moment-i-wrote-leaf-storm-i-realized-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-sank-into-the-rocking-chair-the-same-one-in-which-rebecca-had-sat/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“Berhentilah sepi, hidup ini pendek.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/berhentilah-sepi-hidup-ini-pendek/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“They were people whose lives were slow, who did not see themselves growing old, or falling sick, or dying, but who disappeared little by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/they-were-people-whose-lives-were-slow-who-did-not-see-themselves/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“I didn't do any of what they told me,' she said, 'because the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-didn-t-do-any-of-what-they-told-me-she-said-because-the-more-i/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [He thought about his people without sentimentalily, with a strick closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-thought-about-his-people-without-sentimentalily-with-a-strick/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [Why were you so old when we met? I answered with the truth: Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/why-were-you-so-old-when-we-met-i-answered-with-the-truth-age-isn-t/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the old parchments damaged by dampness, a livid flower had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/between-the-covers-of-the-books-that-no-one-had-ever-read-again-in/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-was-asked-the-other-day-if-i-would-be-interested-in-the-nobel-prize/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“Fear had absorbed her completely and remained there, fixed, tenacious, almost corporeal, as if it were some invisible person who had made up his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/fear-had-absorbed-her-completely-and-remained-there-fixed-tenacious/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“Today I know I was right. The adolescents of my generation, greedy for life, forgot in body and soul about their hopes for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/today-i-know-i-was-right-the-adolescents-of-my-generation-greedy-for/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) > [“...It was then, for the first time, that she understood above all her virtues what was in command was the vanity of a metaphysical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/it-was-then-for-the-first-time-that-she-understood-above-all-her/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/#itemlist", "name": "21 Said Quotes By Gabriel García Márquez", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I wake 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