"...and the cries of the birds and the……" — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"...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."
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337 Quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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It's much more important to write than to be written about.
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Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.
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Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and…
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Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country...
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He governed as if he felt predestined to never die
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Invulnerable to time, dedicated to the messianic happiness of thinking for us, knowing that we knew that he would not…
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The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows.
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Necessity has the face of a dog.
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Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write…
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When I sit down to write, which is the essential moment in my life, I am completely alone. Whenever I…
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Nobody is worth crying for, and those that are worth it will not make you cry.
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