Quotes by Enrique Vila-Matas

He begins collecting books as well as passions, he knows that the hunt for books, like sexual pursuit, enriches the geography of pleasure.
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He begins collecting books as well as passions, he knows that the hunt for books, like sexual pursuit, enriches the geography of pleasure.
No queda otra cosa que una gran masa analfabeta creada deliberadamente por el Poder, una especie de muchedumbre amorfa que nos ha hundido a todos en una mediocridad general.
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No queda otra cosa que una gran masa analfabeta creada deliberadamente por el Poder, una especie de muchedumbre amorfa que nos ha hundido a todos en una mediocridad general.
Temas: Los de siempre. El pasado ya inalterable, el presente fugitivo, el inexistente futuro.
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Temas: Los de siempre. El pasado ya inalterable, el presente fugitivo, el inexistente futuro.
After all, what are we, what is any one of us, if not a combination, particular and exact, of what we have done, what we have read, and what we have imagined?
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After all, what are we, what is any one of us, if not a combination, particular and exact, of what we have done, what we have read, and what we have imagined?
I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see myself however I want and not to be forced to be this person other people have decided I am.
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I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see myself however I want and not to be forced to be this person other people have decided I am.
Miedo al miedo.
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Miedo al miedo.
He has always admired writers who each day begin a journey towards the unknown and who nevertheless spend all their time sitting in a room”.
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He has always admired writers who each day begin a journey towards the unknown and who nevertheless spend all their time sitting in a room”.
To miniaturize is also to conceal.
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To miniaturize is also to conceal.
Siempre he pensado que, cuando oscurece, todos necesitamos a alguien.
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Siempre he pensado que, cuando oscurece, todos necesitamos a alguien.
Cuando leo algo que entiendo perfectamente, lo abandono desilusionado. No me gustan los relatos con historias comprensibles. Porque entender puede ser una condena. Y no entender, la puerta que se abre.
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Cuando leo algo que entiendo perfectamente, lo abandono desilusionado. No me gustan los relatos con historias comprensibles. Porque entender puede ser una condena. Y no entender, la puerta que se abre.
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