“…then he sat on his bed and for a fraction of a second the shadows retreated and he had a fleeting glimpse… — Roberto Bolaño Closed eyes Copy Share Image
“Y después de coger a mi general le gustaba salir al patio a fumarse su cigarro y a pensar en la tristeza… — Roberto Bolaño Amor Copy Share Image
Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will… — Roberto Bolano Business Copy Share Image
So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's… — Roberto Bolano Cheer Copy Share Image
“For me, the word "writing" is the exact opposite of the word "waiting". Instead of waiting, there is writing.” — Roberto Bolano Bolano Copy Share Image
“Which is to say, boys, that I saw our struggles and dreams all tangled up in the same failure, and that failure… — Roberto Bolaño Dreams Copy Share Image
“Once again reality has proved that no particular group has a monopoly over demagogy, dogmatism, and ignorance.” — Roberto Bolaño Dogmatism Copy Share Image
When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of… — Roberto Bolano Book Copy Share Image
“After that moment, reality for Pelletier and Espinoza seemed to tear like paper scenery, and when it was stripped away it revealed… — Roberto Bolaño Time Copy Share Image
“I remember that a couple, both tall and thin, turned away from a painting and peered over as if I might be… — Roberto Bolaño Death Copy Share Image
“No os lo vais a creer, pero ayer por la noche, a eso de las cuatro de la madrugada, vi en la… — Roberto Bolaño Amor Copy Share Image
“…no biography of his existed in German even though sales of his books were rising in Germany as well as the rest… — Roberto Bolaño Books Copy Share Image
“Florita Almada had nothing to say. When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in… — Roberto Bolaño Blabber Copy Share Image
“I try to find the books that I lost or forgot more than 30 years ago on another continent, with the hope… — Roberto Bolaño Book Copy Share Image
“His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes,… — Roberto Bolaño Book Copy Share Image
“Permanence has been swept aside by the rapidity of empty images. The pantheon, we discover to our astonishment, is the doghouse of… — Roberto Bolaño Permanence Copy Share Image
“Around this time, Pelletier and Espinoza, worried about the current state of their mutual lover, had two long conversations on the phone.… — Roberto Bolaño American literature Copy Share Image
“...then it wouldn't be a bad thing, or at least not the worst thing, to enter the third millenium asking for forgiveness… — Roberto Bolaño Asking for forgiveness Copy Share Image
“He said that for those who hadn't been to California, what it was most like was an enchanted island. The spitting image.… — Roberto Bolaño Car accident Copy Share Image
“In a brief moment of lucidity, I was sure that we'd all gone crazy. But then that moment of lucidity was displaced… — Roberto Bolaño Common humanity Copy Share Image
“What is a look of absolute fear?" Popescu asked. The doctor belched a few times, shifted in his chair, and answered that… — Roberto Bolano Fear Copy Share Image
“From time to time I feel as though my books and figurines were with me still. But how could they be? Are… — Roberto Bolaño Books Copy Share Image
“I am told that César Aira writes two books a year, at least, some of which are published by a little Argentinean… — Roberto Bolaño Books Copy Share Image
“Old and alone, thought Pelletier. Just one of thousands of old men on their own. Like the machine célibataire. Like the bachelor… — Roberto Bolaño Computers Copy Share Image
“When you know something, you know it, and when you don't, you'd better learn. And in the meantime, you should keep quiet,… — Roberto Bolaño Humility Copy Share Image
“Suffering is accumulated, said my friend, that’s a fact, and the greater the suffering, the smaller the coincidence.” — Roberto Bolaño Friendship Copy Share Image
“I'd love her until the end of time, he thought. An hour later he'd already forgotten the matter completely.” — Roberto Bolaño End of time Copy Share Image
“With every day that passes I am more convinced that the act of writing is a concious act of humility.” — Roberto Bolano Every day Copy Share Image
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. — Roberto Bolano Book Copy Share Image
“Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to… — Roberto Bolaño Courage Copy Share Image
“Used in a personal sense, the phrase 'achieve an end' seemed to her a small-minded snare. She preferred the word life ,… — Roberto Bolaño Happiness Copy Share Image
“With the innocence of the dead, who no longer mind being observed, the people in the photographs gazed out on the professors'… — Roberto Bolaño Observed People Copy Share Image
“Everything is a burned book, my dear maestro. Music, the tenth dimension, the fourth dimension, cradles, the production of bullets and rifles,… — Roberto Bolaño Book Copy Share Image
Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls… — Roberto Bolano Believe Copy Share Image
As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up… — Roberto Bolano Cracks Copy Share Image
“Right now you can cry and let your image dissolve on the windshields of cars parked along the Boardwalk. But you can't… — Roberto Bolaño Boardwalk Copy Share Image
“So I ended up being an anarchist. I was the only anarchist I knew and thank god, because otherwise I would have… — Roberto Bolaño Anarchist Copy Share Image
“It occurred to me all of a sudden, said Amalfitano, it’s a Duchamp idea, leaving a geometry book hanging exposed to the… — Roberto Bolaño Artist Copy Share Image
The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've… — Roberto Bolano Alive Copy Share Image
“All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we're afraid to teach them.” — Roberto Bolaño Children Copy Share Image
