I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.
ROBERTO BOLANOAs 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.
More Roberto Bolano Quotes
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No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them.
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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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If life is misery, why do we endure it?
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Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better.
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Dreams fade with morning light, Never a morn for thee, Dreamer of dreams, goodnight.
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The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune.
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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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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.
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The moon is fat and the night air is so pure it seems edible.
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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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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.
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But every single damn thing matters! Only we don’t realize. We just tell ourselves that art runs on one track and life, our lives, on another, and we don’t realize that’s a lie.
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Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.
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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.
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The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.
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