Memorable Quotes from 100 Years of Solitude

Time was not passing, but turning in a circle. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Many years later, standing before the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia would remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one’s children just because they are one’s children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He who awaits much can expect little. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

It had been the first time he had looked closely at a woman– another emancipated woman– since his wife had died, and it was a strange sensation, similar to what he felt before a firing squad. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He had not died when he appeared to die, because his soul was still enclosed in a body that was losing weight without losing strength, and which was kept alive by an insatiable desire to live the new life he had discovered. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

It was the day when spontaneity died in Macondo. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Memorable Quotes from 100 Years of Solitude part 2

All that is necessary to be unlovable is to exist. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He was solitary, cold, and unloving, unable to take a step for fear of sinking into a boiling tar pit of bitterness. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He was so unforgettably miserable that he thought nothing would console him, but he became his own consolation. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He had the vulnerable heart of a man who had loved too much and too poorly. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In despair, he cried out to the darkness and was answered only by his own shattered voice. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

It had to be so terrifying that lost in the forest of his own nightmare, all sense of time disappeared. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

They reminded him of those grotesque jigsaw puzzles in which all the pieces are cut the same and you have to fit them together in a certain way in order to reconstruct the image. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He could not grant himself the privilege of stopping to think, because he knew that if he did, he would starve. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

He could not bear the weight of solitude, and yet he realized that he had no other choice. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

They were both attracted to the practice of solitude, the only true antidote to the world and its madness. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

She had learned from experience that solitude is the school of genius. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that everything had already been written. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they had lived many lives and that they had spoken many languages. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

She discovered with great delight that one can live many lives in the space of a single lifetime. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they held the key to their own happiness. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the joy of being alone with their thoughts. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the freedom to be themselves. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the beauty of their own existence. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the power of their own minds. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the wisdom of their own hearts. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the strength of their own spirit. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the magic of their own imagination. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the truth of their own existence. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were enough. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were everything. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were nothing. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were infinite. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were eternal. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were the universe. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that they were nothing but a speck of dust in the vast cosmic expanse. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered the truth of their shared humanity. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that time was an illusion. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that love was the answer to everything. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that pain was temporary and that joy was everlasting. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that death was not the end, but a continuation of life. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that hope was the only thing that kept them going. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

In solitude, they had discovered that dreams were the fuel for their ambitions. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude