Rest in peace
Gabriel once said something in an interview that changed how I thought about my own work. I've never forgotten it.

Literature
1927 – 2014 · aged 87 · Novelist
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
Remember Gabriel
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Gabriel García Márquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Known across Latin America as Gabo, he lived much of his life in Mexico City.
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
Memories, thanks and farewells from the people Gabriel touched.
Gabriel once said something in an interview that changed how I thought about my own work. I've never forgotten it.
A life fully lived. Thank you, Gabriel.
Yes. This.
Read a chapter aloud to my daughter tonight. She loved it. Gabriel lives on.
Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Gabriel could.
I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.
Lighting a candle from England. Gabriel meant a great deal to a lot of us here.
Yes. This.
Rest well, Gabriel. The work is done, and it was good.
Thank you for every sentence, Gabriel.
Sending love from England.
Thank you, Gabriel. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.
Sending love from Brazil.
Sending love from the States.
To the family: you shared Gabriel with all of us for so long. Thank you. We're holding you in our thoughts.
My dad introduced me to Gabriel's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.
Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Gabriel was one of them.
Sending love from Singapore.
The world is a little quieter today.
There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Gabriel feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.
Sending love from England.
I have read Gabriel's books more times than I can count. Each time they gave me something new.
128 people are remembering Gabriel here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.
Be the first to give.
Same here. Exactly this.
Thank you for sharing this.