Ayyapparaj

“I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

“Education, learning by heart, may come to one but not knowledge in the deepest sense until the master pleases to transmit it to you. It is done as a favor. When your learning merges into real comprehension then the world takes on a different look. It is only then that one can see beyond vision, perceive beyond perception and the art of feeling the pulse-beat becomes true knowledge. You can even sense the presence of death in the midst of life.”
― Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay

“I ate sitting in the kitchen in silence, thinking about future. I saw tornadoes, hurricanes, tidal waves, fire. Then I washed the frying pan, plate and silverware, brushed away the crumbs and unbolted the door to the courtyard. Before I left, I turned out the light.”
― Roberto Bolaño

“Only one who loves can remember so well.”
― Anton Chekhov, Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov