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Julio Cortazar Quotes

Literature is ... a game, but it’s a game one can put one’s life into Picture Quote #1

Where are the beginnings, the endings, and most important, the middles? Picture Quote #1

A short story relies on those values that make poetry and jazz what they are: tension, rhythms, inner beat, into unforeseen within foreseen parameters Picture Quote #1

The short-story writer knows that he can’t proceed cumulatively, that time is not his ally. His only solution is to work vertically, heading up or down in literary space Picture Quote #1

And do you accept the idea that there is no explanation? Picture Quote #1

Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity Picture Quote #1

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The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout Picture Quote #1

Time is born in the eyes, everybody knows that Picture Quote #1

When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes Picture Quote #1

Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies Picture Quote #1

We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe Picture Quote #1

In quoting others, we cite ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself Picture Quote #1

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death’s best weapons Picture Quote #1

Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn't belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it's life itself defending itself Picture Quote #1

In the twentieth century nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our ills than to cast ourselves into the physics of the infinitely large (or the infinitely small) Picture Quote #1

I think it is vanity to want to put into a story anything but the story itself Picture Quote #1

Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the first sentence to fascinate the reader, to make him lose contact with the dull reality that surrounds him, submerging him in another that is more intense and compelling Picture Quote #1

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We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the boundaries of the subject itself: an experience that we call coincidence, serendipity – the terminology is extensive. My experience has been that in these circular travels what is really significant surrounds a central absence, an absence that, paradoxically, is the text being written or to be written Picture Quote #1

I have never described this to you before, not so much, I don’t think, from lack of truthfulness as that, just naturally, one is not going to explain to people at large that from time to time one vomits up a small rabbit Picture Quote #1

You’re like a witness. You’re the one who goes to the museum and looks at the paintings. I mean the paintings are there and you’re in the museum too, near and far away at the same time. I’m a painting. Rocamadour is a painting. Etienne is a painting, this room is a painting. You think that you’re in the room but you’re not. You’re looking at the room, you’re not in the room Picture Quote #1

Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn’t belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it’s life itself defending itself. Etcetera Picture Quote #1

Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth Picture Quote #1

Anyone who finds himself incapable of grasping the complexities of a work hides his withdrawal behind the most superficial pretext because he has not gotten past the surface Picture Quote #1

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Memory weaves and traps us at the same time according to a scheme in which we do not participate: we should never speak of our memory, for it is anything but ours; it works on its own terms, it assists us while deceiving us or perhaps deceives up to assist us Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature Picture Quote #1

I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us is so insanely sane Picture Quote #1

After the age of 50 we begin to die little by little in the deaths of others Picture Quote #1

I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses Picture Quote #1

The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes literature Picture Quote #1

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Literature is ... a game, but it’s a game one can put one’s life into. (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Where are the beginnings, the endings, and most important, the middles? (Julio Cortazar Quotes) A short story relies on those values that make poetry and jazz what they are: tension, rhythms, inner beat, into unforeseen within foreseen parameters (Julio Cortazar Quotes) The short-story writer knows that he can’t proceed cumulatively, that time is not his ally. His only solution is to work vertically, heading up or down in literary space (Julio Cortazar Quotes) And do you accept the idea that there is no explanation? (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity (Julio Cortazar Quotes) The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Time is born in the eyes, everybody knows that (Julio Cortazar Quotes) When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies (Julio Cortazar Quotes) We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe (Julio Cortazar Quotes) In quoting others, we cite ourselves (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself (Julio Cortazar Quotes) The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death’s best weapons (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn't belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it's life itself defending itself (Julio Cortazar Quotes) In the twentieth century nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our ills than to cast ourselves into the physics of the infinitely large (or the infinitely small) (Julio Cortazar Quotes) I think it is vanity to want to put into a story anything but the story itself (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the first sentence to fascinate the reader, to make him lose contact with the dull reality that surrounds him, submerging him in another that is more intense and compelling (Julio Cortazar Quotes) We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the boundaries of the subject itself: an experience that we call coincidence, serendipity – the terminology is extensive. My experience has been that in these circular travels what is really significant surrounds a central absence, an absence that, paradoxically, is the text being written or to be written (Julio Cortazar Quotes) I have never described this to you before, not so much, I don’t think, from lack of truthfulness as that, just naturally, one is not going to explain to people at large that from time to time one vomits up a small rabbit (Julio Cortazar Quotes) You’re like a witness. You’re the one who goes to the museum and looks at the paintings. I mean the paintings are there and you’re in the museum too, near and far away at the same time. I’m a painting. Rocamadour is a painting. Etienne is a painting, this room is a painting. You think that you’re in the room but you’re not. You’re looking at the room, you’re not in the room (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn’t belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it’s life itself defending itself. Etcetera (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Anyone who finds himself incapable of grasping the complexities of a work hides his withdrawal behind the most superficial pretext because he has not gotten past the surface (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Memory weaves and traps us at the same time according to a scheme in which we do not participate: we should never speak of our memory, for it is anything but ours; it works on its own terms, it assists us while deceiving us or perhaps deceives up to assist us (Julio Cortazar Quotes) Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature (Julio Cortazar Quotes) I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us is so insanely sane (Julio Cortazar Quotes) After the age of 50 we begin to die little by little in the deaths of others (Julio Cortazar Quotes) I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses (Julio Cortazar Quotes) The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes literature (Julio Cortazar Quotes)

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