Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I watch the approach of one more episode in the old, tired story of men who… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share
“On land I have too much time, I'm overwhelmed by a boredom that eventually paralyzes me. But this isn't really the main reason for my suicide. Even if I had another chance to go to sea, I know that for a long time I've been storing up something I can only define as a weariness with being alive, with having… — Alvaro Mutis Copy Share
“Weather is a purely personal matter. There is no such thing as a climate that is cold or hot, good or bad, healthy or… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
“La lectura obligada es nefasta. Lean por placer, tengan una profunda sospecha.” — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
“Life with Ilona was invariably lived on two levels, or rather in two simultaneous and parallel directions. On the one hand, your feet were always on the ground, you were always intelligently but not obsessively alert to what each day offered in response to the routine question of surviving. On the other hand, imagination and unbounded fantasy suggested a spontaneous… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I watch the approach of one more episode in the old, tired story of men who try to beat life, the smart ones who think they know it all and die with a look of surprise… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share
Life attacks us like a blind beast. It swallows up time, the years of our life, it passes like a typhoon and leaves nothing… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
“Everything changed when I met the girl. She penetrated a corner of my soul that had been kept sealed and even I didn't know… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
Life always holds in store surprises that are more complex and unforeseeable than any dream, and the secret is to let them come and… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
