Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.

Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.

An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but...

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but...

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

He who awaits much can expect little.

He who awaits much can expect little.

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out...

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out...

If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world.

If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world.

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his...

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his...

The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it...

The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it...

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same...

No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.

A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us...

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us...

Necessity has the face of a dog.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us...

The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us...

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

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

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