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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Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love.

Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love.

He who awaits much can expect little.

He who awaits much can expect little.

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...

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

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

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they...

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they...

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...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

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...

Necessity has the face of a dog.

Necessity has the face of a dog.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow...

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow...

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

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

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

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

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

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.

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.