I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZHe allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
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I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of Him.
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Today, when I saw you, I realized that what is between us is nothing more than an illusion.
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Why were you so old when we met? I answered with the truth: Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.
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Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don’t last your whole life.
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Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt without him, feeling his presence where he no longer was.
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The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.
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He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
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For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.
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For those who may be hurting over lost love: Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
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Things have a life of their own, the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It’s simply a matter of waking up their souls.”
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I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.
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All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
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Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.
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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
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Old people, with other old people, are not so old.
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