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My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic.
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Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you’ve already had.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Sex is the consolation you have when you can’t have love.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Today, when I saw you, I realized that what is between us is nothing more than an illusion.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez If you love something – let go. If it is yours – it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I’m with you.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez Music is important for one’s health.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!
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Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.
Tom FordTom Ford I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov Don’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll We must dissent from the fear.
Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.
Sandeep MaheshwariSandeep Maheshwari Let’s jump in the rabbit hole, ditch our fears, and watch, like magic, how strength appears.
Melody LeeMelody Lee I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.
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