“this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito” in the care of his maternal grandparents,”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
“Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.”
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“Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán de García had given birth to three more children since that time and this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito” in the care of his maternal grandparents,”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
“Gabito would say later that he had no memory of his mother. She had left him before he could retain any memories at all.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
“One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another is that writing motivates you to look closely at life, at life as it lurches by and tramps around.”
― Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
― Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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