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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 7

> [“... among them the nameless girl, with her guillotine mouth, strolling through the past and the future like a movie face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/among-them-the-nameless-girl-with-her-guillotine-mouth-strolling/)

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> [“Our history consists of the various ways we find to elude the traps that open endlessly before us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/our-history-consists-of-the-various-ways-we-find-to-elude-the-traps/)

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

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> [When you die of sorrow it's as if you've broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/when-you-die-of-sorrow-it-s-as-if-you-ve-broken-all-the-bones-in-your/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [“The road to wealth is sown with false starts and failures that should in no way discourage the poor who make good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-road-to-wealth-is-sown-with-false-starts-and-failures-that-should/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [“I suppose all the movies I've seen will be worth nothing to me when I die. Wrong. They'll be worth something, believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-suppose-all-the-movies-i-ve-seen-will-be-worth-nothing-to-me-when-i/)

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> [For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/for-her-reading-was-directly-linked-to-pleasure-not-to-knowledge-or/)

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[Construction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/construction/)

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> [“Above the street, like a hanged man, swings the spot-lit sign of the neighborhood's best restaurant, closed a long time ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/above-the-street-like-a-hanged-man-swings-the-spot-lit-sign-of-the/)

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[Hanged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hanged/)

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> [If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/if-i-were-to-say-what-i-really-think-i-would-be-arrested-or-shut-away/)

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[Arrested](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrested/)

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> [“Of course, they didn't give names or dates, they spoke in what might be called abstract terms, but despite the seemingly detached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/of-course-they-didn-t-give-names-or-dates-they-spoke-in-what-might-be/)

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[Melancholy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/melancholy/)

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> [“they lost the sense of being in a hostile environment, although hostile wasn’t the word, an environment whose language they refused to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/they-lost-the-sense-of-being-in-a-hostile-environment-although/)

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[Hostile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hostile/)

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> [“They talk but their words don't register on the soundtrack. Anyway, they must be saying things like how was your day, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/they-talk-but-their-words-don-t-register-on-the-soundtrack-anyway/)

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[Saying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/saying/)

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> [“There are books for when you’re bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you’re calm. The best kind, in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/there-are-books-for-when-you-re-bored-plenty-of-them-there-are-books/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“I remember scrutinizing his face. I remember drinking his face down to the last drop, trying to elucidate the character, the psychology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-remember-scrutinizing-his-face-i-remember-drinking-his-face-down-to/)

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[Memory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/)

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> [“And then we would leave, and by that time it would already be dark, and as we headed to the bus or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/and-then-we-would-leave-and-by-that-time-it-would-already-be-dark-and/)

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[Mexico city](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mexico-city/)

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> [“Ivanov’s breath smelled of vodka and sewers, sour and heavy, like something rotting, reminiscent of empty houses near swamps, nightfall at four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/ivanov-s-breath-smelled-of-vodka-and-sewers-sour-and-heavy-like/)

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[Horror film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horror-film/)

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> [Coincidence obeys no laws and if it does we don't know what they are. Coincidence, if you'll permit me the simile, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/coincidence-obeys-no-laws-and-if-it-does-we-don-t-know-what-they-are/)

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[Coincidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/)

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> [“The Russians opened his mouth and with a pair of pliers the Germans used for other purposes they seized his tongue and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-russians-opened-his-mouth-and-with-a-pair-of-pliers-the-germans/)

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[Wild beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wild-beast/)

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> [“That's what art is, he said, the story of a life in all its particularity. It's the only thing that really is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/that-s-what-art-is-he-said-the-story-of-a-life-in-all-its/)

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

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> [“Gray mattresses with red and blue stripes in something that looks like a hallway or an overly long waiting room. In any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/gray-mattresses-with-red-and-blue-stripes-in-something-that-looks/)

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[Living together](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-together/)

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> [“According to Padilla, remembered Amalfitano, all literature could be classified as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. Novels, in general, were heterosexual. Poetry, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/according-to-padilla-remembered-amalfitano-all-literature-could-be/)

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

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> [“I get the idea perfectly, Mickey," said Archimboldi, thinking all the while that this man was not only irritating but ridiculous, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-get-the-idea-perfectly-mickey-said-archimboldi-thinking-all-the/)

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[Ridiculousness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ridiculousness/)

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> [“Marchand dreams that in one magical and endless night the rejected manuscripts make love every way possible with his abandoned manuscript: they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/marchand-dreams-that-in-one-magical-and-endless-night-the-rejected/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [“The fourth dimension, he liked to say, encompasses the three dimensions and consequently puts them in their place, that is, it obliterates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/the-fourth-dimension-he-liked-to-say-encompasses-the-three-dimensions/)

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[Fourth Dimension](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fourth-dimension-361684/)

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> [“Did Jesus Christ, he asked, suspect that someday his church would spread to the farthest corners of Earth? Did Jesus Christ, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/did-jesus-christ-he-asked-suspect-that-someday-his-church-would/)

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[Globalization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/globalization/)

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> [“(since virtue, once recognized in a flash, has no shine and makes its home in a dark cave amid cave dwellers, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/since-virtue-once-recognized-in-a-flash-has-no-shine-and-makes-its/)

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[Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cave/)

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> [In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/in-the-current-socio-political-climate-he-said-to-himself-committing/)

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[Absurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurd/)

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> [Reading is pleasure and happiness to be alive or sadness to be alive and above all it's knowledge and questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/reading-is-pleasure-and-happiness-to-be-alive-or-sadness-to-be-alive/)

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

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> [“Everything's over, I thought. I felt rested, I'm home, I have lots to do. When I sat up in bed, though, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/everything-s-over-i-thought-i-felt-rested-i-m-home-i-have-lots-to-do/)

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[Felt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt/)

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> [“Someday Neruda and Octavio Paz will shake hands. Sooner or later Paz will make room on Olympus for Neruda. But we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/someday-neruda-and-octavio-paz-will-shake-hands-sooner-or-later-paz/)

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[Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neruda/)

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> [“…then he sat on his bed and for a fraction of a second the shadows retreated and he had a fleeting glimpse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/then-he-sat-on-his-bed-and-for-a-fraction-of-a-second-the-shadows/)

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[Closed eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closed-eyes/)

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> [“Y después de coger a mi general le gustaba salir al patio a fumarse su cigarro y a pensar en la tristeza…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/y-despu-s-de-coger-a-mi-general-le-gustaba-salir-al-patio-a-fumarse/)

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[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

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> [“said a hasty prayer and headed for a wooden bench, there to recover a composure more in keeping with what I was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/said-a-hasty-prayer-and-headed-for-a-wooden-bench-there-to-recover-a/)

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[Hasty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hasty/)

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> [“If you add infinity to infinity, you get infinity. If you mix the sublime and the creepy, what you end up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/if-you-add-infinity-to-infinity-you-get-infinity-if-you-mix-the/)

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[Infinity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/infinity/)

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> [“I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists. I accepted, of course. There was no initiation ceremony. It was better that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-ve-been-cordially-invited-to-join-the-visceral-realists-i-accepted/)

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[Initiation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/initiation/)

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> [“Great physicists, great mathematicians, great chemists, and publishers knew that one was always feeling one’s way in the dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/great-physicists-great-mathematicians-great-chemists-and-publishers/)

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[Great Physicists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-physicists-500092/)

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> [“A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/a-person-could-be-immensely-happy-reading-only-him-or-the-writers-he/)

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

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> [“a veces tenía salidas de este tipo, quiero decir que a veces parecía un niño malcriado, pero yo todo se lo perdonaba,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/a-veces-ten-a-salidas-de-este-tipo-quiero-decir-que-a-veces-parec-a/)

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[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

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> [“Brief like beauty, Absolute beauty, That which contains all the world's majesty and misery And which is only visible to those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/brief-like-beauty-absolute-beauty-that-which-contains-all-the-world-s/)

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

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> [“Belano se cree Breton, dice Requena. En realidad, todos los capo di famiglia de la poesía mexicana se creen Breton, suspira.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/belano-se-cree-breton-dice-requena-en-realidad-todos-los-capo-di/)

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[Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/)

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> [I’m seventeen years old, my name is Juan García Madero, and I’m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-bola-o/i-m-seventeen-years-old-my-name-is-juan-garc-a-madero-and-i-m-in-my/)

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## Roberto Bolaño by topic

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                        "text": "“Marchand dreams that in one magical and endless night the rejected manuscripts make love every way possible with his abandoned manuscript: they sodomize it, rape it orally and genitally, come in its hair, on its body, in its ears, in its armpits, etc., but when morning comes, his manuscript hasn't been fertilized. It's sterile. In that sterility, Marchand believes, lies its uniqueness, its magnetism.”",
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