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Roberto Bolaño
“Do you know what the worst thing about literature is? . What? I said. That you end up being friends with writers. And friendship, treasure though it may be, destroys your critical sense. Once, said Don Pancracio, Monteforte Toledo dropped this riddle in my lap: a poet is lost in a city on the verge of collapse, with no money, or friends, or anyone to turn to. And of course, he neither wants nor plans to turn to anyone. For several days he roams the city and the country, eating nothing, or eating scraps. He's even stopped writing. Or he writes in his head: in other words, he hallucinates. All signs point to an imminent death. His drastic disappearance foreshadows it. And yet the poet doesn't die.”
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño
“There are books for when you’re bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you’re calm. The best kind, in my opinion. There are also books for when you’re sad. And there are books for when you’re happy. There are books for when you’re thirsty for knowledge. And there are books for when you’re desperate. The latter are the kind of books Ulises Lima and Belano wanted to write.”
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives
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Roberto Bolaño
“Dust and literature have always gone hand in hand.”
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño
“Everybody tends to pigeonhole things they don’t understand,” said San Epifanio.”
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolaño
“I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists. I accepted, of course. There was no initiation ceremony. It was better that way.”
Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

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