france a genius says goodbye el arco de triunfo francia mr gabriel garcía marquez great latin american writer has said goodbye to the public life due to complications in his health lymphatic cancer

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El Arco de Triunfo, Francia

A GENIUS SAYS GOODBYE

Luminaria de Notre Dame

Mr.Gabriel García Marquez, great Latin American writer, has said goodbye to the public life due to complications in his

health: lymphatic cancer

El Puente Artes al amanecer

He has sent a letter to his friends and thanks to the Internet we all are

able to share it

El Concièrgerie al cambio

I recommend you to read it, because this short text written by

one of the most brilliant Latin American of the past years

is really inspiring

Plaza de La Concordia

“If for an instant God forgot that I am just a puppet, and He

gave me one more piece of life, I would take advantage of

that time, the best I could.”

Plaza de La Concordia al amanecer

I would probably not say everything I think,

but definitely think all I say

París desde el Louvre

I would value things not for what they are worth, but for what

they represent

Fachada del Quai de Borbón & su reflexión

I would sleep less and dream more For every minute

we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.

Fuente Medicinal,Jardín de Luxemburgo

I would continue where others have stopped

París en luna creciente

If God allowed me one more piece of life, I would dress simpler,

would wallow in the sunlight, leaving uncovered,

not only my body but also my soul

Los pasos del Foro de Halles

I would prove to men how wrong they are to think that they stop falling in love as they get older, since they actually start

getting older as soon as they stop falling in love

El Hotel de Ville Paris

I would give wings to the children, but I would leave the child alone so that he could learn how to fly on

his own.

Malecón, Blanco y Negro

To the old, I would show them how death comes not with the ageing process but with forgetting

El Instituto de

So many things I have learned from you…

I have learned that everybody wants to live at the top of the mountain, forgetting that is how we climb is all that matters

El Instituto de Francia & el Puente Nuevo

I have learned that when a newborn grabs his father’s thumb,

he takes a hold on him forever

Desde el Puente de Artes el amanecer

I have learned that a man has the right to look down on somebody,

only when he is helping him to get up

Jardín de Luxemburgo

So many things I have learned from all of you

Brazo de Seine desde la Isla Saint LouisAlways tell, what you feel and do what you think.

If I knew that today it would be the last time that I will see you, I will embrace you strongly to be the guardian of your

soul

Fachada de la calle de Rivoli Tuileries desde el jardín

If I would know that these would be the last minutes that I

will see you, I would say to you “I love you” and wouldn´t

assume that you would know it

MontmartreThere is always morning where life gives us another

opportunity to make things good

La Isla de Cité Desde el puerto de la Kyriad-de-Ciudad

Keep always close to you, your dear ones, and tell them how

much you need them and love and take care of them Take

time to say, “I am sorry”, “forgive me”, “please,” “ thank

you” and all the nice and lovely words you know

Notre Dame de París desde el Puente de ArchevéchéNobody would remember you if you keep your thoughts secret.

Force yourself to express them

Brazo de Seine desde la Isla Saint LouisShow your friends and dear ones how much you care about

them

Panorámica de París y DefensaSEND THIS TO THE PEOPLE YOU CARE OR LOVE.

Pedal de la Torre Eiffel

IF YOU DON´T DO IT, TOMORROW WILL BE THE

SAME AS TODAY

París bajo la lluviaAnd it will not matter either….

La Conciergerie y el lugar de Châtelet

Now is the time to send it

El puente Alexandre III

For you with much love and care.

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I hope and wish that you like it.

Gabriel García Márquez