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“And Cesárea gave me a look, a brief little sideways glance, and said that the search for a place to live and a place to work was the common fate of all mankind.”

Such a cool way to read and imagine so many individuals lives, especially people who wander- work where they can, read when they can and move on whenever they want. I wonder how many of these characters are real. If they are, there is more kindness in strangers than I’ve given them credit for.

it was honestly as if I'd found a soul mate, a real poet, a poet through and through, who could explain clearly what I'd only sensed and wished and dreamed, and that was one of the best nights of my life, and when we got home we couldn't sleep, Xóchitl and I, and we talked until four in the morning

“I pulled whoever it was to me and searched for her face in the dark. It was Lupe and she was smiling like a spider.”

“That very night I dragged him to the Hotel Los Claveles, where I still live, and we fucked until we dropped. Actually, Rafael doesn't have much stamina, but I do, and I kept him going until daylight came down along Niño Perdido, like something swooning or struck by lightning, dawn is so weird in this fucking city.”