1928-, Colombian Writer
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Fathers]
A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Death and Dying]
An early-rising man… a good spouse but a bad husband.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Husbands]
He who awaits much can expect little.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Procrastination]
Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Medicine]
Necessity has the face of a dog.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Necessity]
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Riches]
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.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Children]
The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Memory]
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Marriage]
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – [Writers and Writing]