51 Quotes by Adolfo Bioy Casares

I do not believe that a dream should necessarily be taken for reality, or reality for madness

Sublime, close at hand but mysterious With the living silence of the rose.

...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead.

I am a literato, a reader, and as often occurs with men of my class, I confused reality with a book. If a book speaks to us about an embalmed bird, and then the disappearance of certain jewels, what other hiding place would the author resort to without appearing ridiculous?

We are suspicious of a stranger who tells us his life story.

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.

And the reason I am so nervous is that everything I do now is leading me to one of three possible futures... Which one will it be? Time alone will tell. But still I know that writing this diary can perhaps provide the answer; it may even help produce the right future.

Hoy todo el mundo es íntimo; amigo, nadie.

I thought I had made this discovery: that there are unexpected, constant repetitions in our behavior. The right combination of circumstances had enabled me to observe them. One seldom has the chance to be a clandestine witness of several talks between the same people. But scenes are repeated in life, just as they are in the theatre.