Little by little, studying the infinite possibilities of a loss of memory, he realized that the day might come when things would be recognized by their inscriptions but that no one would remember their use.... At the beginning of the road into the swamp they put up a sign that said "Macondo" and another larger one on the main street that said "God exists".

It is not that the girl is unfit for everything, it is that she is not of this world.

To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life.

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

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.

I don't have a method. All I do is read a lot, think a lot, and rewrite constantly. It's not a scientific thing.