Gabriel García Márquez, a renowned Latin American writer, has announced his retirement from public life due to health complications including lymphatic cancer. In a letter shared on the internet, he reflects that if given more time, he would live more simply and value experiences over material things. He would also spend more time with loved ones, expressing his care and appreciation for them each day. Overall, the letter encourages readers to live life to the fullest and make the most of the time they have.

1. A GENIUS SAYS GOODBYE
El Arco de Triunfo, Francia

2. Mr.Gabriel García Marquez, great Latin American writer, has
said goodbye to the public life due to complications in his
health: lymphatic cancer.
Luminaria de Notre Dame

3. He has sent a letter to his friends and thanks to the Internet we all are
able to share it.
El Puente Artes al amanecer

4. 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.
El Concièrgerie al cambio

5. “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

6. I would probably not say everything I think,
but definitely think all I say.
Plaza de La Concordia al amanecer

7. I would value things not for what they are worth, but for what
they represent.
París desde el Louvre

8. I would sleep less and dream more. For every minute
we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.
Fachada del Quai de Borbón & su reflexión

9. I would continue where others have stopped
and I would rise when others sleep.
Fuente Medicinal,
Jardín de Luxemburgo

10. 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.
París en luna creciente

11. 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..
Los pasos del Foro de Halles

12. 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.
El Hotel de Ville Paris

13. To the old, I would show them how death comes
not with the ageing process but with forgetting.
Malecón, Blanco y Negro

14. 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

15. I have learned that when a newborn grabs his father’s thumb,
he takes a hold on him forever.
El Instituto de Francia & el Puente Nuevo

16. I have learned that a man has the right to look down on somebody,
only when he is helping him to get up.
Desde el Puente de Artes el amanecer

17. So many things I have learned from all of you.
Jardín de Luxemburgo

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

19. 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.
Durmiente

20. 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.
Fachada de la calle de Rivoli Tuileries desde el jardín

21. There is always morning where life gives us another
opportunity to make things good.
Montmartre

22. 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.
La Isla de Cité Desde el puerto de la Kyriad-de-Ciudad

23. Nobody would remember you if you keep your thoughts secret.
Force yourself to express them.
Notre Dame de París desde el Puente de Archevéché

24. Show your friends and dear ones how much you care about
them.
Brazo de Seine desde la Isla Saint Louis

25. SEND THIS TO THE PEOPLE YOU CARE OR LOVE.
Panorámica de París y Defensa

26. IF YOU DON´T DO IT, TOMORROW WILL BE THE
SAME AS TODAY.
Pedal de la Torre Eiffel

27. And it will not matter either….
París bajo la lluvia

28. Now is the time to send it.
La Conciergerie y el lugar de Châtelet

29. For you with much love and care.
El puente Alexandre III

30. I hope and wish that you like it.
Gabriel García Márquez
Muelle del arrepentimiento de Bourbon