Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his
wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed
by a whale.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Why My Friend Bill had to Lie, The Guardian
Newspaper, referring to US President Bill Clinton, January,
1999 |
If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to
finish the world.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Big Mama's Funeral |
An early-rising man is a good spouse but a
bad husband.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Evil Hour, the widow Monteil |
Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Evil Hour, Doctor Giraldo |
Necessity has the face of a dog.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Evil Hour, Mina
|
He who awaits much can expect little.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No One Writes to the Colonel |
A famous writer who wants to continue writing
has to be constantly defending himself against fame.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Writers at Work |
On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago
Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat
the bishop was coming on. He'd dreamed he was going through
a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling,
and for an instant he was happy in his dream.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, opening
words |
A man should have two wives: one to love and
one to sew on his buttons.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera, Dr. Urbino
to his wife Fermina |
He is ugly and sad
but he is all love.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera, Fermina Daza |