One should read Borges more.
ROBERTO BOLANOWe’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we?
More Roberto Bolano Quotes
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Literature + Illness = Illness.
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Only in chaos are we conceivable.
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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.
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Every hundred feet the world changes.
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Dreams fade with morning light, Never a morn for thee, Dreamer of dreams, goodnight.
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The moon is fat and the night air is so pure it seems edible.
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Nothing is ever behind us.
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Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game.
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Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I’d rather not talk about it, because I didn’t understand it.
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Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.
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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.
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I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.
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Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.
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When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing.
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Reading is more important than writing.
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