There is no greater glory than to die for love.

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

As I kissed her the heat of her body increased, and it exhaled a wild, untamed fragrance.

All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write.

Love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.

Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends; and so, with some pre-ordained right to pontificate they take on the responsibility of decoding the book and risk making terrible fools of themselves.

Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.