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 MáRQUEZOne of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily.
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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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The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.
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The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows.
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A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up.
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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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No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you’ve already had.
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I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.
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At some point, you no longer feel pain. Sensation disappears and reason is dulled, until you lose all grasp of time and place.
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Nothing one does in bed is immoral if it helps to perpetuate love.
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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
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opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through .
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I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.
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And the two of them loved each other for a long time in silence without making love again.
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I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of Him.
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Never stop smiling not even when you’re sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.
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