She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezNobody is worth crying for, and those that are worth it will not make you cry.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezHe sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons, and in which Amaranta had played Chinese checkers with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez, and in which Amarana Ursula had sewn the tiny clothing for the child, and in that flash of lucidity he became aware that he was unable to bear in his soul the crushing weight of so much past.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezEach man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezWhat is essential, therefore, is not that you no longer believe, but that God continues to believe in you.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezIn the plenitude of their relationship, Florentina Ariza asked himself which of the two was love: the turbulent bed or the peaceful Sunday afternoons, and Sara Noriega calmed him with the simple argument that love was everything they did naked. She said, 'Spiritual love from the waist up and physical love from the waist down.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez