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. 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 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. 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.
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. not only my body but also my soul.
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. 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..
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…
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. 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.
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