MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA : When a newborn child squeezes for the first time with his tiny fist his father's finger, he has him trapped forever. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)

MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA : Fame is very agreeable, but . . . it goes on 24 hours a day. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)

MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA : A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)