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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 Picture Quote #1

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

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

Every hundred feet the world changes Picture Quote #1

The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower 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

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

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

Only in chaos are we conceivable Picture Quote #1

There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists Picture Quote #1

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

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I’m an educated man, the prisons I know are subtle ones 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

For a moment the two of them looked at each other, wordless, as if they were asleep and their dreams had converged on common ground, a place where sound was alien Picture Quote #1

Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east Picture Quote #1

Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came from who knows where was the only sign, the only beacon that kept residents and strangers from getting lost Picture Quote #1

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Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore Picture Quote #1

When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer Picture Quote #1

We’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we? Picture Quote #1

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths… Picture Quote #1

I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don’t have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions Picture Quote #1

The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that this question was possible: pain that turns finally into emptiness. The knowledge that the same equation applied to everything, more or less Picture Quote #1

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They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn’t laugh or be sad with him Picture Quote #1

We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain Picture Quote #1

In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we’re no more than castrated cats Picture Quote #1

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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) No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them (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) 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) Every hundred feet the world changes (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming (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) 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) Only in chaos are we conceivable (Roberto Bolano Quotes) There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists (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) I’m an educated man, the prisons I know are subtle ones (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) For a moment the two of them looked at each other, wordless, as if they were asleep and their dreams had converged on common ground, a place where sound was alien (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came from who knows where was the only sign, the only beacon that kept residents and strangers from getting lost (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer (Roberto Bolano Quotes) We’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we? (Roberto Bolano Quotes) For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths… (Roberto Bolano Quotes) I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don’t have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that this question was possible: pain that turns finally into emptiness. The knowledge that the same equation applied to everything, more or less (Roberto Bolano Quotes) They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn’t laugh or be sad with him (Roberto Bolano Quotes) We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain (Roberto Bolano Quotes) In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we’re no more than castrated cats (Roberto Bolano Quotes)

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