Her first reaction was one of hope, because his eyes were open and shining with a radiant light she had never seen there before. She prayed to God to give him at least a moment so that he would not go without knowing how much she had love him despite all their doubts, and she felt an irresistible longing to begin life with him over again so that they could say what they had left unsaid and do everything right that they had done badly in the past. But she had to give in to the intransigence of death. (Love in the Time of Cholera)

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.

One never quite stops believing, some doubt remains forever".

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

I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

He thought that the world would make more rapid progress without the burden of old people.