Quotes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez

He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. ~Jose Aracadio Segundo Buendia After the second banana slaughter

All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.

Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.

Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love.

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.

The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.