He really had been through death, but he had returned becaus... - Gabriel García Márquez

"He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude."

Gabriel García Márquez Solitude

Novelist Colombian 1927–2014

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"It is impossible to be human without love."

"The world is magical, and that magic is in us. We can reclaim it."

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."

"You will meet a woman who will change your life forever."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

"Solitude gives us time to reflect on what matters"

"I'm not good with people, never have been."

"I feel like I'm disappearing."