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# Roberto Bolaño

(1953–2003)   Writer

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Roberto Bolaño was a writer.

## Quick Facts About Roberto Bolaño

Born April 28, 1953

Died July 15, 2003

Profession Writer

## About Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short‑story writer, poet and essayist.

##  Quotes by Roberto Bolaño · Page 6

> [“...the borders he respected were the borders of dreams, the misty borders of love and indifference, the borders of courage and fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-borders-he-respected-were-the-borders-of-dreams-the-misty-borders/)

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[Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/)

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> [“68. By then all poets will live in artistic communities calls jails or asylums. 69. Our imaginary home, the home we share. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/68-by-then-all-poets-will-live-in-artistic-communities-calls-jails-or/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“I have good news and bad news. The good news is there is life (of a kind) after this life. The bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-have-good-news-and-bad-news-the-good-news-is-there-is-life-of-a/)

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> [We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it's so gradual that we end up more alive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/we-all-have-to-die-a-bit-every-now-and-then-and-usually-it-s-so/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [“He said that the only decent German philosopher was Lichtenberg, who was less a philosopher than the ultimate jokester and clown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/he-said-that-the-only-decent-german-philosopher-was-lichtenberg-who/)

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[German philosopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/german-philosopher/)

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> [“I am being followed, I realized, with a blend of certitude and astonishment, like a soldier discovering that gangrene has taken hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-am-being-followed-i-realized-with-a-blend-of-certitude-and/)

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> [“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/absolute-beauty-that-which-contains-all-the-world-s-majesty-and/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“a discussion within the framework of a larger discussion that was taking place in the same building”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/a-discussion-within-the-framework-of-a-larger-discussion-that-was/)

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> [“But in practice, neither believed in friendship or loyalty. They believed in passion, they believed in a hybrid form of social or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/but-in-practice-neither-believed-in-friendship-or-loyalty-they/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-pain-or-the-memory-of-pain-that-here-was-literally-sucked-away-by/)

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[Emptiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emptiness/)

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> [“The style was strange. The writing was clear and sometimes even transparent, but the way the stories followed one after another didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-style-was-strange-the-writing-was-clear-and-sometimes-even/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“a woman who despite her years was still as strong willed as ever, a woman who didn’t cling to the edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/a-woman-who-despite-her-years-was-still-as-strong-willed-as-ever-a/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/reading-is-like-thinking-like-praying-like-talking-to-a-friend-like/)

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[Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/)

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> [“…untill he felt Ingeborg slip two fingers into her vagina and then moisten the entrance to her ass with the same fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/untill-he-felt-ingeborg-slip-two-fingers-into-her-vagina-and-then/)

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> [That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/that-s-a-pretty-story-said-afanasievna-as-she-let-go-of-ansky-s/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/even-on-the-poorest-streets-people-could-be-heard-laughing-some-of/)

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[Beacons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beacons/)

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> [“Not only to myself or before the mirror or at the hour of my death, which I hope will be long in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/not-only-to-myself-or-before-the-mirror-or-at-the-hour-of-my-death/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-diseased-anyway-are-more-interesting-than-the-healthy-the-words/)

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> [“While he was waiting, leaning on the counter at a coffee place, he remembered the dream he'd had the night before about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/while-he-was-waiting-leaning-on-the-counter-at-a-coffee-place-he/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“What was Ivanov afraid of? ...Fear of being no good. Also fear of being overlooked. But above all, fear of being no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/what-was-ivanov-afraid-of-fear-of-being-no-good-also-fear-of-being/)

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[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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> [“The root of all my ills, thought Amalfitano sometimes, is my admiration for Jews, homosexuals, and revolutionaries (true revolutionaries, the romantics and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-root-of-all-my-ills-thought-amalfitano-sometimes-is-my-admiration/)

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[Black hole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-hole/)

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> [“One night I dreamed of an angel: I walked into a huge, empty bar and saw him sitting in a corner with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/one-night-i-dreamed-of-an-angel-i-walked-into-a-huge-empty-bar-and/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [“And no one moans: there is no anguish. Only our nocturnal silence when we crawl on all fours toward the fires that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/and-no-one-moans-there-is-no-anguish-only-our-nocturnal-silence-when/)

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> [“I'm an educated man: the prisons I know are subtle ones. And of course poetry and prison have always been neighbors. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-m-an-educated-man-the-prisons-i-know-are-subtle-ones-and-of-course/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/for-a-while-criticism-travels-side-by-side-with-the-work-then/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“When I was an adolescent I wanted to be a Jew, a Bolshevik, black, homosexual, a junkie, half-crazy, and--the crowning touch-- a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/when-i-was-an-adolescent-i-wanted-to-be-a-jew-a-bolshevik-black/)

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[Amputee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amputee/)

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> [“It's absurd to see an enchanted princess in every girl who walks by. What do you think you are, a troubadour?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/it-s-absurd-to-see-an-enchanted-princess-in-every-girl-who-walks-by/)

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[Enchanted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enchanted/)

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> […I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-realized-my-happiness-was-artificial-i-felt-happy-because-i-saw-the/)

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> [“The sickness is to sit at the base of the lighthouse staring into nothing. The lighthouse is black, the sea is black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-sickness-is-to-sit-at-the-base-of-the-lighthouse-staring-into/)

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[Lighthouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lighthouse/)

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> [“There's a secret sickness called Lisa. Like all sicknesses, it's miserable and it comes on at night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/there-s-a-secret-sickness-called-lisa-like-all-sicknesses-it-s/)

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> [“All those languages, all that whispering, simply a vicarious way of preserving our identity for an uncertain length of time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/all-those-languages-all-that-whispering-simply-a-vicarious-way-of/)

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[Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/)

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> [“Is that the true, the supreme terror, to discover that I am the wizened youth whose cries no one can hear?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/is-that-the-true-the-supreme-terror-to-discover-that-i-am-the-wizened/)

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> [“For the first few miles the highway ran through a little valley dotted with rocks that seemed to have fallen from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/for-the-first-few-miles-the-highway-ran-through-a-little-valley/)

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> [“Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/write-in-the-morning-revise-in-the-afternoon-read-at-night-and-spend/)

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> [“You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/you-can-woo-a-girl-with-a-poem-but-you-can-t-hold-onto-her-with-a/)

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[Literature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/literature/)

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> [“These days there's no time to be bored, happiness has vanished somewhere in the world, and all that's left is dismay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/these-days-there-s-no-time-to-be-bored-happiness-has-vanished/)

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[Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/)

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> [“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/among-other-things-my-own-experience-has-led-me-to-believe-that/)

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[Naivete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/naivete/)

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> [I'll tell you, my friends: it's all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-ll-tell-you-my-friends-it-s-all-in-the-nerves-the-nerves-that-tense/)

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> [“One of the inconveniences of stealing books—especially for a novice like myself—is that sometimes you have to take what you can get.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/one-of-the-inconveniences-of-stealing-books-especially-for-a-novice/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/history-which-is-a-simple-whore-has-no-decisive-moments-but-is-a/)

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[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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## Roberto Bolaño by topic

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