She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.
Gabriel García Márquez
Related But why didn't you leave? Why didn't you take my sister and go to New York?" she would say it didn't... GLORIA STEINEM No matter how she was feeling or what the weather was doing, she would always be out there. DEBBIE DOOL She had been born knowing that boldness erased fear, while cowardice invited it and earned her only ... JEANE WESTIN There were times when people could have gone either way. Either back to homelessness and addiction o... GEORGE HILL She could not picture it. Herself riding on the subway or streetcar, caring for new horses, talking ... ALICE MUNRO She lived in the dream world of unreality, or else she would not admit reality; he did not know. In ... NEVIL SHUTE Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she neve... GERMAINE GREER I, the soul named Wanderer, love you, human Ian and that will never change no matter what I might be... STEPHENIE MEYER But Lucy had been alone too much of her life, and in her loneliness she had constructed a vision of ... ANN PATCHETT She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn't offer any helpful excuse... JULIA QUINN She tried to think of the right thing to say - something that would make him leave her alone. If she... CAROLINE HANSON If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have bel... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Gladys would often know what you wanted before you ordered it. She was sincerely interested in what ... BOB GORMAN Daisy had no idea how to put herself to rights again. But she thought it would be a good thing to st... LISA KLEYPAS A sharp pain in her chest became more intoxicating with each breath she took. There it was. The reas... COURTNEY GIARDINA My mother is a natural care giver, ... When she would do something for me, I would thank her, and sh... ANGELA MOORE Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did... LEO TOLSTOY Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—whic... HARUKI MURAKAMI You never knew what hair color to expect when she walked through the door. Whether she would be a re... MARY HOBBS His soul,' she would say, 'picked mine up and we flew.' And to those who gave her a disbelieving loo... MARIE-ELENA JOHN That was what her parents did not understand—and had never understood—about stories. Liza told h... LAUREN OLIVER We'd love to be State Champions, but we would have wanted it by winning the game. If it wasn't Hales... JOE MURPHY Why would she have done such a thing if she knew what she was doing. She never did anything else wro... BILL SCHULTZ No matter how bad a person she might have been, no matter what kind of business she might have been ... DAVID LOPEZ I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from... SARAH DESSEN Grandmam, as I have seen in looking back, was the decider of my fate. She shaped my life, without of... WENDELL BERRY But the more Emma recognised her love, the more she crushed it down, that it might not be evident, t... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT He would just get really upset about anything that you would say to him or try to, you know, show hi... DAVID BRADLEY That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her al... NICHOLAS SPARKS You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her... TONY DUNGY She was just in love with the Lord. She would never say anything bad about anyone; she was loving to... JENNIFER CZAJKA She was terrorized. Seeking to defend herself, she bit, but it was in reaction to the aggression tha... EMMANUEL DAOUD No matter how cold you are or how hungry you are, you might be warm tomorrow. BEN SCHNETZER Haley is experienced and talented. You would never guess that she's just a third-year skier. She sta... JANIS SERRANO She's a natural born leader. She knows what needs to be done and how to do it. LON BUCHHEIT Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She ... MARK TWAIN There’s no way to tell him, if she tried she knows she’d only start crying, that there’s this ... RAINJOY Aside from helping people with their homework, or anything else they needed, she really didn't know ... ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY And wishes, truly wishes, that she could say the same herself. Because hurting herself would be so m... AMY EFAW She said, ‘You know that I love you.’ And, despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true: the ot... NEIL GAIMAN She wore her battle scars like wings, looking at her you would never know that once upon a time she ... NIKKI ROWE My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest tri... DAVID BLAINE It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could if she wa... NAOMI ALDERMAN It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she w... NAOMI ALDERMAN She was bigger than life. Loved everybody. Never had a bad day. Never met a stranger. Would give you... LAINE TADLOCK She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had... MARIE RUTKOSKI My voice was a bare rasp of fear. "In the weaving room, the women say it's never been this bad befor... PERSIA WOOLLEY You know, it's really hard when you lose the love of your life - many days I feel lost. But I know h... CARLO DEBARTOLO Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never... STEPHENIE MEYER She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER She would never make you do anything she wouldn't do herself. That's the key to being a good manager... HOLLY JOHNSON She told me that she had found an old house that she really loved. She would say 'I want you to come... LUTHER HILL She found herself to be quite worried that something would jump out at her, so she began to whi... NEIL GAIMAN You know how people have a talent and they want to share it? That was her thing. She gave of her tim... CATHY POOLE We need a place," she said, "just for us. It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in t... KATHERINE PATERSON I was struck by Suu Kyi's warmth and generosity. No matter how petite she looks, she exudes amaz... MICHELLE YEOH You are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no lon... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or wh... GERMANY KENT if she were its leader. Not that she ever would be: she was born to be a dissenter within a larger c... MICHEL FABER She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe... V.E. SCHWAB My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had ... JAYMA MAYS She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear... ELIZABETH GEORGE When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do you ... CAROL ADAMS You never know if they like you for who you are or what you are. Would he love me or the money? ANNA NICOLE SMITH She has said two or three short sentences. When she sees here children, she says 'I love you.' At fi... MAGGIE MERMIN How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine... MARLENE DIETRICH And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much... EMILY MAGUIRE It was a nightmare for everybody. She would call me by phone, many times every week. I always would ... LARK BORDEN Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had... LEO TOLSTOY I wish I knew why she never told me any of this. Maybe she thought I wouldn't be able to handle it, ... NINA LACOUR She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man – no matter how evil he might be—to a drooli... JOHN FLANAGAN I will be very careful the next time I fall in love , she told herself. Also, she had made a p... RICHARD BRAUTIGAN If she would have just voluntarily departed, she might have been able to come back in a matter of mo... GREG PALMORE How would she find her herd? How would she find you? LUCY CHRISTOPHER I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will... DONALD MILLER All players would be lying if they said they didn't know a pitcher was throwing a no-hitter -- wheth... JACQUE JONES This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and ange... JODI PICOULT she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else... BOB MARLEY Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing w... VIRGINIA WOOLF I love you, Eliza,” I said. She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t li... KURT VONNEGUT Brod’s life was a slow realization that the world was not for her, and that for whatever reason, s... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to ... LEWIS CARROLL Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not t... LEWIS CARROLL I made one for a woman, and she was hugging it, wrapping herself in it and saying how good it felt. ... CATHERINE GIRGENTI She grew up in East Germany and is a natural scientist--that means she was exposed to less pressure ... ALICE SCHWARZER May the peace of God be with you," she says, her voice low, "even in the midst of trouble." "Wh... VERONICA ROTH There are lots of love stories here," she says. "They either end happily, or everyone dies." She lau... LAUREN DESTEFANO Never," said Gregor. "I'll never get rid of you, no matter how hard I try." It was no longer an effo... SUZANNE COLLINS The Wing Leader said from behind her, "Do you believe monsters are born, or made?" From what sh... SARAH J. MAAS My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love... EGON SCHIELE She had a fire in her you would love the sweetest person, but she let you know if you messed up. ANDRE COHEN She had a fire in her you would love the sweetest person, but she let you know if you messed up. ANDRE COHEN We are, all of us, incoherent text, and just knowing that - knowing that no matter how much you say,... JOSS WHEDON Aelin had promised herself, months and months ago, that she would not pretend to be anything but wha... SARAH J. MAAS Knowing Charlie, she wouldn’t have gotten a tattoo unless it really meant something to her. It had... COLLEEN HOOVER I've been talking to myself a lot lately. I don't know what that's about, but my mother was the same... DAN CHAON Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman’s love—it is kind and compassionate, patient and... STEVE HARVEY No matter how much we love someone, or think we know them, we can never know what it is like to be i... SUZANNE LAFLEUR She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had ho... SARAH DESSEN
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GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ ...as he discovered in the course of his uncountable years that a lie is more comfortable than doubt... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Most of the times it's healthier to start over in a different way, or throw it away. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ siguió evocando hasta el amanecer las excelencias del marido, sin reprocharle otra deslealtad que l... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ My God, this is longer than sorrow! GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The world is divided into those who screw and those who do not. He distrusted those who did not—wh... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ He recognized her despite the uproar, through his tears of unrepeatable sorrow at dying without her,... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ أن النساء يفكرن بالمعنى الخفي للأسئلة أكثر من تفكيرهن �... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ and the two of them loved each other for a long time in silence without making love again. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ It was as if they had leapt over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sak... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Only God knows how much I love you. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: t... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches in the leg that is no longer there. That is how she felt witho... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ He is ugly and sad... but he is all love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Hay un minuto en que se agota la siesta. Hasta la secreta, recóndita, minúscula actividad de los i... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Al salir del velorio había movido una taza vacía frente a mí. Había dicho: «He leído su suerte... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ I’ve remained a virgin for you. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Il parvint à la reconnaitre au milieu du tumulte et, à travers les larmes de sa douleur irrémédi... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Elle avait supplié Dieu de lui concéder au moins un instant afin qu'il ne s'en allât pas sans sav... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ He thought that the world would make more rapid progress without the burden of old people. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ So for now wave good-bye leave your hands held high GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Florentino Ariza always forgot when he should not have that women, and Prudencia Pitre more than any... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ ثمة خوف يعذبني على الدوام من أنّ الطائرة ستسقط GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Era ancora troppo giovane per sapere che la memoria del cuore elimina i brutti ricordi e magnifica q... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ They looked like two children," she told me. And that thought frightened her, because she'd always f... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Elle lui semblait si belle, si séduisante, si différente des gens du commun qu'il ne comprenait pa... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet. "May God have mercy on you," he said. And er... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ At the beginning of the road into the swamp they put up a sign that said MACONDO and another larger ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Bad luck doesn't have any chinks in it. I was born a son of a bitch and I'm going to die a son of a ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Science has eliminated distance. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ It is easier to start a war than to end it. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Don't let yourself die without knowing the wonder of fucking with love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Bătrânețea este o stare indecentă care trebuie oprită la timp. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Time put things in their place. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ If you have to go crazy, please go crazy all by yourself! GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ «Какой сегодня день?» - Аурелиано ответил ему, что втор�... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ أيها الجبان. الأسوأ كان قد انقضى GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Don't open that door," she said. "The hallway is full of difficult dreams." And I asked her: "How do... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Most of those who could have done something to prevent the crime and did not consoled themselves wit... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Open the windows and the doors, she shouted, cook some meat and fish, buy the largest turtles around... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ I always had understood that dying of love was mere poetic license. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ If I died now," he said, "you would hardly remember me when you are my age." He said it for no ... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Dadme un prejuicio y moveré el mundo. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The only thing that [Amaranta] did not keep in mind in her fearsome plan was that in spite of her pl... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ El chófer me previno: Cuidado, sabio, en esa casa matan. Le contesté: Si es por amor no importa. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ İnsanın oturduğu toprakların altında ölüleri yoksa, o adam o toprağın insanı değildir. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through . GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Damn it,' he sighed. 'How will I ever get out of this labyrinth! GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were m... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ For me, the sea was a great comfort, Pilar. But it made my children restless. It exists now so we ca... CRISTINA GARCíA Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll... CRISTINA GARCíA There is good news tonight. GABRIEL HEATTER I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identi... GABRIEL BYRNE I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me,... GABRIEL BYRNE I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in tha... GABRIEL BYRNE It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alon... GABRIEL BYRNE Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the reali... GABRIEL BYRNE Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to fi... GABRIEL BYRNE I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time. GABRIEL BASSO You're in a scene with Laura Linney or Oliver Platt or John Hickey or Alan Alda and these amazin... GABRIEL BASSO I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public. GABRIEL BASSO I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Loui... GABRIEL BASSO I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports. GABRIEL BASSO Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half... GABRIEL BASSO I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't... GABRIEL BASSO I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going t... GABRIEL BASSO