"The world was reduced to the surface..." - Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The world was reduced to the surface of her skin and her inner self was safe from all bitterness.
More by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.”
“Taught him the only thing he had to learn about love: that nobody teaches life anything.”
“And both of them remained floating in an empty universe where the only everyday & eternal reality was love.”
More on Inner Peace
“We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any”
“I must do something or I shall wear my heart away.”
“The source of peace is within us; so also the source of war. And the real enemy is within us, and not outside. The source of war is not the existence of nuclear weapons or other arms. It is the minds of human beings who decide to push the button and to use those arms out of hatred, anger or greed.”
More on Self
“But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.”
“What now on the other hand makes people sociable is their incapacity to endure solitude and thus themselves.”
“Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.”