Every hundred feet the world changes.
ROBERTO BOLANO
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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.
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One should read Borges more.
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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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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.
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