Memories Quote by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“In the darkness of the bedroom I thought of that, although thinking in the darkness is not advisable: things seem bigger or more serious…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“And I tell myself at the same time that we're terrible judges of the present moment, maybe because the present doesn't actually exist: all…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“the kind of sadness we tolerate because it appears at happy moments”

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“they talked of intentions and projects, convinced, as only new lovers can be, that saying what you wanted was the same as saying who…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“A person is from wherever they feel best, and roots are for plants. Everyone knows that, don't they?”

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“with all the bad news expunged? Mallarino had never been able to understand that: for him it was the indignation or rage or hatred…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“Adulthood brings with it the pernicious illusion of control, and perhaps even depends on it. I mean that mirage of dominion over our own…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“creature with imprecise contours, a sort of deceitful, dishonest amoeba that can’t be investigated, for, looking for it again under the microscope, we find…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“I don’t know when I started to realize that my country’s past was incomprehensible and obscure to me, a real shadowy terrain, nor can…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“Now that so many years have passed, now that I remember with the benefit of an understanding I didn't then have, I think of…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“The memory has a marvellous capacity to remember the forgotten, its existence and its stalking, and thus allow us to stay alert when we…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“I read somewhere that a man should tell the story of his life at the age of forty, and this deadline is fast approaching…

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez