Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that's it. I'm clean and groomed.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

How we need another soul to cling to.

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

I hate a man who looks dirty.

I have to shave every day. If I don't, it's sort of like going to bed without brushing your teeth for me - but I'm a crazy person so maybe that's why.

You can always write a song about people who are in love, but they're in love, so they're happy; they don't need you. But the people that I try to worry about are the ones who don't have anyone to give chocolate to, and the girl who doesn't have flowers coming to her.

Loneliness sucks. It's a slog. It feels wonderful and exhilarating when someone makes it go away. But love is a whole different ball game.

Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful.

For my own poor part, I go to great lengths to keep my nostrils sightly.

I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.

Out stretched hands and one night stands, still I can't find love.

Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will be together till the Universe dissolves.' You mumble back things you thought of when you were drunk.

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart.

And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

Give a man a chance, and he'll be so casual that he won't bathe, shave, or comb his hair. He'll just depend on his animal magnetism to get him by.

If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.

How genuine is my capacity for love if there is no one for me to love, to laugh with, to treat tenderly, to be trusted by?

I never had many girls in my life.

Yves Saint Laurent didn't have friends. He loved nobody. He was intimate with nobody.

I think love isn't doomed, of course, but in real life, love doesn't always work out.

Of course I'd like someone in my life. And of course, when I go home in the evening, I wish there was someone waiting for me. But very honestly, I don't have time to be lonely. My work fills up most of my day, and when I get home, I just want to sleep.