--- title: "1 Cold wind Quotes By Roberto Bolaño" description: "1 Cold wind quotes by Roberto Bolaño. Plus more from Roberto Bolaño and more Cold wind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg" --- > [“I paid the taxi driver, got out with my suitcase, surveyed my surroundings, and just as I was turning to ask the driver something or get back into the taxi and return forthwith to Chillán and then to Santiago, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-suitcase-surveyed-my/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg) ## More by Roberto Bolaño > [Literature + Illness = Illness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/literature-illness-illness/) [Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“Brief like beauty, Absolute beauty, That which contains all the world's majesty and misery And which is only visible to those who love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/brief-like-beauty-absolute-beauty-that-which-contains-all-the-world-s/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“There are books for when you’re bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you’re calm. The best kind, in my opinion. 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But what color?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-brief-sound-is-like-a-color-swallowed-by-a-crack-but-what-color/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“All horrors are dulled by routine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/all-horrors-are-dulled-by-routine/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“The fourth dimension, he liked to say, encompasses the three dimensions and consequently puts them in their place, that is, it obliterates the dictatorship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-fourth-dimension-he-liked-to-say-encompasses-the-three-dimensions/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/every-book-in-the-world-is-out-there-waiting-to-be-read-by-me/) [Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“Y después de coger a mi general le gustaba salir al patio a fumarse su cigarro y a pensar en la tristeza poscoito, en…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/y-despu-s-de-coger-a-mi-general-le-gustaba-salir-al-patio-a-fumarse/) [Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) > [“I enjoy vegetarian food like I enjoy a kick in the stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-enjoy-vegetarian-food-like-i-enjoy-a-kick-in-the-stomach/) [Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold-wind/roberto-bola-o/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cold wind Quotes By Roberto Bolaño", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I paid the taxi driver, got out with my suitcase, surveyed my surroundings, and just as I was turning to ask the driver something or get back into the taxi and return forthwith to Chillán and then to Santiago, it sped off without warning, as if the somewhat ominous solitude of the place had unleashed atavistic fears in the driver's mind. For a moment I too was afraid. I must have been a sorry sight standing there helplessly with my suitcase from the seminary, holding a copy of Farewell's Anthology in one hand. Some birds flew out from behind a clump of trees. They seemed to be screaming the name of that forsaken village, Querquén, but they also seemed to be enquiring who: quién, quién, quién . I said a hasty prayer and headed for a wooden bench, there to recover a composure more in keeping with what I was, or what at the time I considered myself to be. Our Lady, do not abandon your servant, I murmured, while the black birds, about twenty-five centimetres in length, cried quién, quién, quién . Our Lady of Lourdes, do not abandon your poor priest, I murmured, while other birds, about ten centimetres long, brown in colour, or brownish, rather, with white breasts, called out, but not as loudly, quién, quién, quién , Our Lady of Suffering, Our Lady of Insight, Our Lady of Poetry, do not leave your devoted subject at the mercy of the elements, I murmured, while several tiny birds, magenta, black, fuchsia, yellow and blue in colour, wailed quién, quién, quién , at which point a cold wind sprang up suddenly, chilling me to the bone.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roberto Bolaño" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-suitcase-surveyed-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I paid the taxi driver, got out with my suitcase, surveyed my surroundings, and just as I was turning to ask…” — Roberto Bolaño", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold-wind/roberto-bola-o/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold-wind/roberto-bola-o/", "name": "Cold wind Quotes by Roberto Bolaño", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold-wind/roberto-bola-o/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/roberto-bola-o-725_alone_i-paid-the-taxi-driver-got-out-with-my-s_1150861.jpg" }, "description": "1 Cold wind quotes by Roberto Bolaño. 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