"The novel wins by points, the short story…" — Julio Cortazar

"The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout."

— Julio Cortazar

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48 Quotes by Julio Cortazar

Julio Cortazar has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every…
Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes…
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help…
There was a time when I thought a great deal about the axolotls. I went to see them at the…
Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth.
When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.
Time is born in the eyes, everybody knows that.
I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us…
The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.
[Heaven is] that moment in which something attains its maximum depth, its maximum reach, its maximum sense, and becomes completely…

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More Knockout Quotes

This quote is filed under Knockout Quotes, one of 25 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The Pavlik fight was the first time I heard the masses put the word knockout attached to my opponent. I'm… — Bernard Hopkins
Confident fighters are dangerous fighters. I know that. But there other fighters who said before a fight they were stronger… — Nonito Donaire
This place has a one, two knockout punch. — Joe Teti
... hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout... — Julian Bream
There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup. — Gary Vaynerchuk
Every shot should be a knockout shot. — Jermichael Finley
He's a complete fighter. He has some flaws, of course, but he has a good stand up game, good takedowns… — Lyoto Machida
The knockouts did not change me as a fighter. I was more of a boxer as a heavyweight. The problem… — Roy Jones Jr.
You can still entertain without getting a knockout. — Andre Ward
I've won my last four matches by knockout. Out of 30 fights, I've won more than 20 by knockout. I… — Sergio Martinez
I have the rematch that I wanted. I'm going to knockout a Mexican and I will reconquer my title — Sergio Martinez
In middle life, the human back is spoiling for a technical knockout and will use the flimsiest excuse, even a… — Elwyn Brooks White

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