"The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude"

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927 - 2014) Was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.  From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. More

Quote source: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (Cien años de soledad. 1967.)