Wisdom Quote by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio”

“They were people whose lives were slow, who did not see themselves growing old, or falling sick, or dying, but who disappeared little by little in their own time, turning into memories, mists from other days, until they were absorbed into oblivion.”

“My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show.”

“Upset by two nostalgias facing each other like two mirrors, he lost his marvelous sense of unreality and he ended up recommending to all of them that they leave Macondo, that they forget everything he had taught them about the world and the human heart, that they shit on Horace, and that wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end.”

“Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.”

“In friendship, bond not with a shallow man.”

“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”

“God created sufferings so that joy might appear through its opposite. Things become manifest through opposites. Since God has no opposite, He remains hidden.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“Misery builds character, happiness makes cheesecake.”