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> [ “\[A\]nd the wizened youth trembles more and more violently, wrinkles his nose and then pounces on the story. But only I know the story, the real story. And it is simple and cruel and true and it should make us… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/a-nd-the-wizened-youth-trembles-more-and-more-violently-wrinkles-his/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

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## 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. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/there-are-books-for-when-you-re-bored-plenty-of-them-there-are-books/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [“I try to find the books that I lost or forgot more than 30 years ago on another continent, with the hope and dedication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-try-to-find-the-books-that-i-lost-or-forgot-more-than-30-years-ago/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [“In a word, and bluntly: as they walked around Sankt Pauli, it came to Pelletier and Espinoza that the search for Archimboldi could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/in-a-word-and-bluntly-as-they-walked-around-sankt-pauli-it-came-to/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/we-re-artists-too-but-we-do-a-good-job-hiding-it-don-t-we/)

[Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/nothing-good-ever-comes-of-love-what-comes-of-love-is-always/)

[Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [“book on Archimboldi, a book that might be the grand Archimboldian opus, the pilot fish that would swim for a long time beside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/book-on-archimboldi-a-book-that-might-be-the-grand-archimboldian-opus/)

[Roberto Bolaño](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [Literature is the product of a strange rain of blood, sweat, semen, and tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/literature-is-the-product-of-a-strange-rain-of-blood-sweat-semen-and/)

[Roberto Bolano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-bola-o/)

> [“The brief sound is like a color swallowed by a crack. 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/)

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