And it was always without pretensions of loving or being loved although always in the hope of finding something that resembled love but without the problems of love.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZAmputees 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.
More Gabriel García Márquez Quotes
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It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.
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Old people, with other old people, are not so old.
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They enjoyed the miracle of loving each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out old people they kept on blooming like children and playing together like dogs.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.
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All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
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If men gave birth, they’d be less inconsiderate.
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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.
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Intrigued by that enigma, he dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her.
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You have to have spent the night at sea, sitting in a life raft and looking at your watch, to know that the night is immeasurably longer than the day.
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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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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.
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Music is important for one’s health.
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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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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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