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Javier Marías Quotes: Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.
         

Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.


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We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be an affront, and perhaps any memory, as well.

We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be an affront, and perhaps any memory, as well.



Illusions are important. What you foresee or what you remember can be as important as what really happens.

Illusions are important. What you foresee or what you remember can be as important as what really happens.



It's so sad that no one writes down the things we go through, and even worse - no one will ever know about it, no one will ever see or hear about it, no one will ever be able to restore.

It's so sad that no one writes down the things we go through, and even worse - no one will ever know about it, no one will ever see or hear about it, no one will ever be able to restore.



One of the best possible perspectives from which to tell a story is that of a ghost, someone who is dead but can still witness.

One of the best possible perspectives from which to tell a story is that of a ghost, someone who is dead but can still witness.



Not to gain time, but maybe to lose it, to see it pass.

Not to gain time, but maybe to lose it, to see it pass.



Fiction has the ability to show us what we don’t know and what doesn’t happen.

Fiction has the ability to show us what we don’t know and what doesn’t happen.



We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, when the book is closed and the voice stops speaking.

We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, when the book is closed and the voice stops speaking.



an odious crime, as old as the Bible and for an utterly despicable motive too and carried out in a cowardly manner, making use of intermediaries.

an odious crime, as old as the Bible and for an utterly despicable motive too and carried out in a cowardly manner, making use of intermediaries.



We don't object to our date of birth, so why object to our date of death, which is just as much a matter of chance.

We don't object to our date of birth, so why object to our date of death, which is just as much a matter of chance.



Unhappy people often insist on trying to uncover the full magnitude of their unhappiness, or choose to investigate other people's lives as a distraction from their own.

Unhappy people often insist on trying to uncover the full magnitude of their unhappiness, or choose to investigate other people's lives as a distraction from their own.





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A society with values, is a rich society.

A society with values, is a rich society.



Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.



[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.

[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.



The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.



Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.

Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.



The Simi is environmentally sound. Eat everything except for hooves

The Simi is environmentally sound. Eat everything except for hooves



Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.

Got it," I say. "Did you tell Peeta this?" "Don't have to," says Haymitch. "He's already there.



You know I, I just think, that ah, things have a way of working themselves out.

You know I, I just think, that ah, things have a way of working themselves out.



You never know, life is short but it’s wide

You never know, life is short but it’s wide




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