I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“Back then death was invisible for children like me, who went outside, running fearlessly along those fantastical streets, safe from history. The night of the earthquake was the first time I realized that everything could come tumbling down. Now I… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“...she feels a desire to go to the bridge, alone, to throw something over the rail, into the current—a photograph, a hat, anything; she… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“She knows that very soon Ernesto won't come back. She imagines herself disconcerted, then furious, and finally invaded by a decisive calm. It's all… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“The novel belongs to our parents, I thought then, I think now. That's what we grew up believing, that the novel belonged to our… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something. — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“Julián didn’t want to regain his love, since he had stopped loving her a long time ago. He had stopped loving her one second… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of.… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult:… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“What greater happiness than to know that move exists, that I can watch it many times, that I can watch it always.” — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“Parents abandon their children. Children abandon their parents. Parents protect or forsake, but they always forsake. Children stay or go but they always go.… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“There are some families in which, at 9:00 at night, the father starts to hit the wine and the mother the ironing, far away… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“She lay on the bed to read a novel; she wanted to forget that bitter conversation and be carried along by the plot, but… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
