Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "Jika Anda berbaring di alun-alun desa berhara...

"Jika Anda berbaring di alun-alun desa berharap dapat menangkap camar laut, Anda bisa tinggal di sana seumur hidup Anda tanpa berhasil. Tetapi seratus mil dari pantai berbeda. Camar laut memiliki naluri yang sangat maju untuk mempertahankan diri di darat tetapi di laut mereka sangat sombong."

--- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Versi Bahasa Inggris

If you lie down in a village square hoping to capture a sea gull, you could stay there your whole life without succeeding. But a hundred miles from shore it's different. Sea gulls have a highly developed instinct for self-preservation on land but at sea they're very cocky.