"There was a time when I thought a……" — Julio Cortazar
"There was a time when I thought a great deal about the axolotls. I went to see them at the aquarium at the Jardin des Plantes and stayed for hours watching them, observing their immobility; their faint movements. Now I am an axolotl."
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Julio Cortazar
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48 Quotes by Julio Cortazar
Julio Cortazar has 48 quotes on this site.
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Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every…
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Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
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The unusual is only found in a very small percentage, except in literary creations, and that is exactly what makes…
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Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
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What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help…
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Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth.
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When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.
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Time is born in the eyes, everybody knows that.
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The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout.
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I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us…
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The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.
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[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 Aquarium Quotes
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one of 27 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink.
— Edward Abbey
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From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only…
— Dawna Markova
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My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Every aquarium will eventually leak.
— Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
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I should have gone to college and gone into real estate and got myself an aquarium, that's what I should…
— Jeffrey Dahmer
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This is a unique aquarium in that a large portion of its collection features freshwater species, and it specializes in…
— John Grant
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We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.
— Paul Harvey
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If one yearns to see the face of the Divine, one must break out of the aquarium, escape the fish…
— Tom Robbins
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Many exhibits from this aquarium use Hawaii's abundant natural daylight. This allows Waikiki to display only live coral, which creates…
— John Grant
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The Giant Ocean Tank, with its 52 large viewing windows, is the main attraction here. Myrtle, a giant green sea…
— John Grant
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It's wonderful to work for a company that gives so much back to its communities, especially to our children. Donations…
— Patricia Brooks
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There are a lot of differing opinions on that. Some people think you should change out more, but I think…
— Brian K. Vaughan
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