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Roberto Bolano Quotes

If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear Picture Quote #1

All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we’re afraid to teach them Picture Quote #1

His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as the result of an exercise of concealment. There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter! Picture Quote #1

History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Poetry and prison have always been neighbors Picture Quote #1

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When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing Picture Quote #1

You have to know how to look even if you don’t know what you’re looking for Picture Quote #1

Literature is the product of a strange rain of blood, sweat, semen, and tears Picture Quote #1

When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation Picture Quote #1

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The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune Picture Quote #1

Nothing is ever behind us Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet Picture Quote #1

Does this mean that in some places I’m American and in some places I’m African American and in other places, by logical extension, I’m nobody? Picture Quote #1

When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don’t have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game Picture Quote #1

The moon is fat and the night air is so pure it seems edible Picture Quote #1

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I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at Picture Quote #1

Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me Picture Quote #1

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy Picture Quote #1

Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book Picture Quote #1

The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we’re afraid to teach them. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as the result of an exercise of concealment. There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter! (Roberto Bolano Quotes) History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) 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 Quotes) Poetry and prison have always been neighbors (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we’re nothing (Roberto Bolano Quotes) You have to know how to look even if you don’t know what you’re looking for (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Literature is the product of a strange rain of blood, sweat, semen, and tears (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow (Roberto Bolano Quotes) 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 Quotes) We interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Nothing is ever behind us (Roberto Bolano Quotes) 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 (Roberto Bolano Quotes) In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Does this mean that in some places I’m American and in some places I’m African American and in other places, by logical extension, I’m nobody? (Roberto Bolano Quotes) When you die of sorrow it’s as if you’ve broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That’s sorrow. (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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don’t have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions. (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The moon is fat and the night air is so pure it seems edible (Roberto Bolano Quotes) I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me (Roberto Bolano Quotes) …I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy (Roberto Bolano Quotes) Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book (Roberto Bolano Quotes) The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life (Roberto Bolano Quotes) If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear (Roberto Bolano Quotes)

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