“Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it” ― Gabriel García Márquez

“Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it” ― Gabriel García Márquez

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I think it’s the other way around. Life is very objective, and what we have in mind is a personal perception.

What Gabriel García Márquez got right is that the metaphor is more important to you than the reality.

If to you „1 + 1 = 3”, that’s more important than the actual truth. But just for you.

The author wants to say here, probably, that metaphors and imagery are so important that they become flesh, they enter into a concrete way.

In this sense, I like the quote.