As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive.
ROBERTO BOLANONothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better.
More Roberto Bolano Quotes
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I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.
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Literature + Illness = Illness.
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Every hundred feet the world changes.
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When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing.
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One should read Borges more.
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In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we’re no more than castrated cats
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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.
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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.
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You have to know how to look even if you don’t know what you’re looking for.
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The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails are pain.
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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.
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Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.
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Reading is more important than writing.
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If life is misery, why do we endure it?
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We’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we?
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