Quotes by Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on fathers
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"An early-rising man... a good spouse but a bad husband."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on husbands   

"The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on marriage
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"Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on medicine   

"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on memory
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"Necessity has the face of a dog."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on necessity   

"He who awaits much can expect little."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on procrastination
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"No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on riches   

"Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on writers and writing
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"She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on children
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"A person doesn't die when he should but when he can."

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia on death