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Roberto Bolano Quotes

If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear Picture Quote #1

All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we’re afraid to teach them Picture Quote #1

His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as the result of an exercise of concealment. There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter! Picture Quote #1

I’ll tell you, my friends: it’s all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love Picture Quote #1

Poetry and prison have always been neighbors Picture Quote #1

When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing Picture Quote #1

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You have to know how to look even if you don’t know what you’re looking for Picture Quote #1

Literature is the product of a strange rain of blood, sweat, semen, and tears Picture Quote #1

We interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation Picture Quote #1

The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune Picture Quote #1

When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow Picture Quote #1

Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is ever behind us Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game Picture Quote #1

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy Picture Quote #1

Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear Picture Quote #1

The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life Picture Quote #1

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If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone Picture Quote #1

The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight than those of the healthy. Then, too, all healthy people will in the future know disease. That sense of time, ah, the diseased man’s sense of time, what treasure hidden in a desert cave. Then, too the diseased truly bite, whereas the healthy pretend to bite but really only snap at the air. Then, too, then, too, then, too Picture Quote #1

You run risks. That’s the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny’s whims Picture Quote #1

Only in chaos are we conceivable Picture Quote #1

What twisted people we are. How simple we seem, or at least pretend to be in front of others, and how twisted we are deep down. How paltry we are and how spectacularly we contort ourselves before our own eyes, and the eyes of others... And all for what? To hide what? To make people believe what? Picture Quote #1

We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it’s so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely old and infinitely alive Picture Quote #1

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Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming Picture Quote #1

Every hundred feet the world changes Picture Quote #1

Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach Picture Quote #1

So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it’s fun in the end Picture Quote #1

No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them Picture Quote #1

The secret story is the one we’ll never know, although we’re living it from day to day, thinking we’re alive, thinking we’ve got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn’t matter Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we’re afraid to teach them. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as the result of an exercise of concealment. There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter! (Roberto Bolano Quotes) I’ll tell you, my friends: it’s all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Poetry and prison have always been neighbors (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing (Roberto Bolano Quotes) You have to know how to look even if you don’t know what you’re looking for (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Literature is the product of a strange rain of blood, sweat, semen, and tears (Roberto Bolano Quotes) We interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Nothing is ever behind us (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game (Roberto Bolano Quotes) …I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book (Roberto Bolano Quotes) If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life (Roberto Bolano Quotes) If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight than those of the healthy. Then, too, all healthy people will in the future know disease. That sense of time, ah, the diseased man’s sense of time, what treasure hidden in a desert cave. Then, too the diseased truly bite, whereas the healthy pretend to bite but really only snap at the air. Then, too, then, too, then, too (Roberto Bolano Quotes) You run risks. That’s the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny’s whims (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Only in chaos are we conceivable (Roberto Bolano Quotes) What twisted people we are. How simple we seem, or at least pretend to be in front of others, and how twisted we are deep down. How paltry we are and how spectacularly we contort ourselves before our own eyes, and the eyes of others... And all for what? To hide what? To make people believe what? (Roberto Bolano Quotes) We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it’s so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely old and infinitely alive (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Every hundred feet the world changes (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach (Roberto Bolano Quotes) So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it’s fun in the end (Roberto Bolano Quotes) No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The secret story is the one we’ll never know, although we’re living it from day to day, thinking we’re alive, thinking we’ve got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn’t matter (Roberto Bolano Quotes)