# Quote — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Living to Tell the Tale

> From the time they turned one they were tossed from the balconies of the kitchens, first with life preserves so they would lose their fear of the water, and then without life preservers so they would lose their respect for death.

- Author: [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez.md)
- Book: [Living to Tell the Tale](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez/living-to-tell-the-tale.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez#Living_to_Tell_the_Tale_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez/living-to-tell-the-tale/from-the-time

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> It was impossible to conceive of two creatures so different who got along so well and loved each other so much.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez/living-to-tell-the-tale/it-was-impossible.md)

> … nothing was easy, least of all surviving Sunday afternoons without love.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez/living-to-tell-the-tale/nothing-was-easy.md)

> Children's lies are signs of great talent.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gabriel-garcia-marquez/living-to-tell-the-tale/childrens-lies-are.md)