For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths.
ROBERTO BOLANOI’d obviously never heard of the group, but my ignorance in literary matters is to blame for that (every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me).
More 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 -
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 -
There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
If life is misery, why do we endure it?
ROBERTO BOLANO -
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 -
Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
I’d obviously never heard of the group, but my ignorance in literary matters is to blame for that (every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me).
ROBERTO BOLANO -
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 -
When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
We’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we?
ROBERTO BOLANO -
I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
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 -
I’m an educated man, the prisons I know are subtle ones.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
Reading is more important than writing.
ROBERTO BOLANO