213 Quotes by Roberto Bolano

Yo era la que veía el pasado y las que ven el pasado nunca pagan. También veía el futuro y ésas sí que pagan un precio elevado, en ocasiones el precio es la vida o la cordura.

Los infrasoles (Drummond diría los alegres muchachos proletarios).

They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn't laugh or be sad with him....

When I was done traveling, I returned convinced of one thing: we're nothing.

I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion.

No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them.

We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it's so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely old and infinitely alive.

That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to much to believe it.' It has nothing to do with belief,' said Ansky, 'it has to do with understanding, and then changing.

Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.