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Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."

The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer."

When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer.




Roberto Bolaño 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."

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 Bolaño Quotes: "Nothing is ever behind us."

Nothing is ever behind us.




Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming."

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east."

Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear."

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.




Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?"

We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better"

Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at."

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails are pain."

The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails are pain.





Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "As 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."

As 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.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists."

There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.



Roberto Bolaño 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."

…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 Bolaño Quotes: "Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It gives him courage."

Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It gives him courage.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile."

... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed."

I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short."

For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short.



Roberto Bolaño 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?"

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 Bolaño Quotes: "No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance."

No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we're afraid to teach them."

All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we're afraid to teach them.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Life is mysterious as well as vulgar."

Life is mysterious as well as vulgar.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process."

When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet, or at least speak only when what you say will advance the learning process.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "His words saddened them greatly, though they couldn't say why."

His words saddened them greatly, though they couldn't say why.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy."

A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement."

You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "You have to listen to women. You should never ignore a woman's fears."

You have to listen to women. You should never ignore a woman's fears.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "An individual is no match for history."

An individual is no match for history.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "And I thought:History is like a horror story."

And I thought:History is like a horror story.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…"

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "The road to wealth is sown with false starts and failures that should in no way discourage the poor who make good or our neighbors with new found riches. We have to give it our all."

The road to wealth is sown with false starts and failures that should in no way discourage the poor who make good or our neighbors with new found riches. We have to give it our all.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth, and charm."

Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth, and charm.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Sólo la fiebre y la poesía provocan visiones. / Sólo el amor y la memoria. / No estos caminos ni estas llanuras. / No estos laberintos."

Sólo la fiebre y la poesía provocan visiones. / Sólo el amor y la memoria. / No estos caminos ni estas llanuras. / No estos laberintos.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "Only poetry isn't shit."

Only poetry isn't shit.



Roberto Bolaño Quotes: "I am dying now, but I still have many things to say."

I am dying now, but I still have many things to say.