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Re: [pf] Fw: Marquez
by Molly Williams
23 November 2000 14:32 UTC

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Thank you, Jill. That was great.

~ Molly


Jill Taylor Bussiere wrote:
> 
> A beauty to read, and a relevant piece for Thanksgiving - whether it be the
> national holiday type or the everyday type!
> 
>                         Jill
> ________________
> Gabriel Garcia Marquez has retired from public life due to health reasons:
> cancer of the lymph nodes. It seems that it is getting worse. He has sent
> this farewell letter to his friends, which has been translated and posted on
> the Internet. Please read and forward to any who might enjoy it.
> 
> ________________
> "If for an instant God were to forget that I am rag doll and gifted  me with
> a piece of life, possibly I wouldn't say all that I think, but rather I
> would think of all that I say. I would value things, not for their worth but
> for what they mean. I would sleep little, dream more, understanding that for
> each minute we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.
> 
> I would walk when others hold back, I would wake when others sleep. I would
> listen when others talk, and how I would enjoy a good chocolate ice cream!
> If God were to give me a piece of life, I would dress simply, throw myself
> face first into the sun, baring not only my body but also my soul. My God,
> if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to
> show. Over the stars I would paint with a Van Gogh dream a Benedetti poem,
> and a Serrat song would be the serenade I'd offer to the moon.
> With my tears I would water roses , to feel the pain of their thorns, and
> the red kiss of their petals...
> 
> My god, if I had a piece of life... I wouldn't let a single day pass without
> telling the people I love that I love them. I would convince each woman and
> each man that they are my favorites, and I would live in love with love. I
> would show men how very wrong they are to think that they cease to be in
> love when they grow old, not knowing that they grow old when they cease to
> be in love! To a child I shall give wings, but I shall let him learn to fly
> on his own. I would teach the old that death does not come with old age, but
> with forgetting. So much have I learned from you, oh men...
> 
> I have learned that everyone wants to live on the peak of the mountain,
> without knowing that real happiness is in how it is scaled. I have learned
> that when a newborn child squeezes for the first time with his tiny fist his
> father's finger, he has him trapped forever. I have learned that a man has
> the right to look down on another only when he has to help the other get to
> his feet. From you I have learned so many things, but in truth they won't be
> of much use, for when I keep them within this suitcase,  unhappily shall I
> be dying."
> 
> - GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
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