213 Quotes by Roberto Bolano

Poetry is the one thing that isn’t contaminated, the one thing that isn’t part of the game.

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

You run risks. That’s the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny’s whims.

We’re artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don’t we?

So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it’s fun in the end.

Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better.

There’s no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.

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

I’ll tell you, my friends: it’s all in the nerves. The nerves that tense and relax as you approach the edges of companionship and love. The razor-sharp edges of companionship and love.