Gabriel García was a shrewd and committed man in the world who distinguished himself by his playful, fun and transgressive style, which transforms the desires and longings of the reader into a marvel.
Known as Gabito or Gabo, he was a poignant and charismatic man who was not spared controversy for his friendship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro or his fights with Mario Vargas Llosa, another great of Spanish literature. His works are full of phrases and passages that fill us with intense emotions that shake our consciousness.
- Today we offer you a selection of his best phrases in recognition of his greatness.
- A tribute to his dedication and the delights that makes us taste through his works.
1- Love is eternal for the duration. (I just spoke on the phone)
2- I have always said that it ages faster in portraits than in real life (Good journey, Mr. President).
3- The illusion is not eaten ?? She’s the one. ” You don’t eat, but you feed,” the colonel replied.
4- It is a triumph of life that the memory of the elders is lost by things that are not essential (Remember my sad whores).
5- We have no other world to move to
6- Will they come back? Shame has a bad memory (the wrong time).
7- The human body is not made for the years we can live (Love and other demons).
8- The sea will grow with my tears. (The wrong time)
9-Remember an ancient Spanish proverb: “May God not give us what we can bear”. (News of a kidnapping).
10- I feel that I know her less, the more I know her (Love and other demons).
11- Do you take care of your heart? (One Hundred Years of Solitude)
12- The worst way to miss someone is to sit next to them and know that they can never be yours.
13- The first symptom of old age is that we begin to look like our parents (remembering my sad whores).
14- Life is just a succession of opportunities to survive
15. No place in life is sadder than an empty bed.
16- The fact that someone does not love you the way you want, does not mean that he does not love you with all his being.
17- Always remember that the most important thing in a couple is not happiness, but stability (Love in angry times).
18- The secret of good old age is nothing more than an honest covenant of solitude.
19- Life is the best ever invented
20- There is no medicine that cures what happiness does not cure (Love and other demons).
21- No one deserves thy tears, and whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
22- It baffles me to think that God exists, and also that he does not exist.
23- Love becomes greater and nobler in misfortune
24- In fact, the only time in life I feel is when I am with my friends.
25- No, I do not wish anyone success. What happens to climbers, who commit suicide to reach the top and when they arrive, what do they do?Go down or try to descend discreetly, with as much dignity as possible.
26- The memory of the heart eliminates bad memories and magnifies the good ones, and thanks to this artifice we are able to endure the past.
27- When a newborn shakes his father’s finger for the first time, his father’s finger is trapped forever.
28- Maybe you are only a person in the world, but for one person you are the world.
29- The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after having sex, and it must be reconstructed every morning before breakfast (Love in times of anger).
30- Life is not what we have lived, but what we remember and how we remember to tell it.
31- The only thing that hurts me to die is that it is not out of love (Love in times of rage).
32- A man can only look at another person when he comes down to help him get up.
33- Never stop smiling, even if you are sad, because you never know who can fall in love with your smile.
34- Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened
35- Wisdom comes to us when it no longer serves us.