Gabriel García Márquez on goodness
Gabriel García Márquez104 quotes“An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.”
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Time was not passing it was turning in a circle.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez If men gave birth, they’d be less inconsiderate.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Never stop smiling not even when you’re sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez 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 García MárquezGabriel García Márquez At some point, you no longer feel pain. Sensation disappears and reason is dulled, until you lose all grasp of time and place.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Be calm. God awaits you at the door.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez The only everyday and eternal reality was love.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez 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.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through .
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez 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.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don’t last your whole life.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she’ll be sorry if she isn’t guided by her heart.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Just imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
Salman KhanSalman Khan The BJP has decided that politics is for values and ideals, and for this, an age limit has been decided. I think that for democracy and for political parties, this is a good indicator. It will be good if all the political parties adhere to this, thereby strengthening India’s democracy.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath I still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova Be good to you. Be happy with you. Be true to you. That will reflect with others on its own.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai Being a good example is the best form of service.
Sathya Sai BabaSathya Sai Baba When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Jesus ChristJesus Christ When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
Jay ShettyJay Shetty
