My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'. Votes: 4
Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia. Votes: 2
One Hundred Years of Solitude' convinced me to drop out of Harvard graduate school. The novel reminded me of everything my Ph.D. program was trying to make me forget. Thank you, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Votes: 2
Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends; and so, with some pre-ordained right to pontificate they take on the responsibility of decoding the book and risk making terrible fools of themselves. Votes: 2
In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now I no longer know whom of the millions of readers I am writing for; this upsets and inhibits me. It's like a million eyes are looking at you and you don't really know what they think. Votes: 2
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Votes: 7 Mother Teresa
Solitude is the place of purification. Votes: 7 Martin Buber
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Votes: 4 Bill Vaughan