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The truth never shines forth, as the saying goes, because the only truth is that which is known to no one and which remains untransmitted, that which is not translated into words or images, that which remains concealed and unverified, which is perhaps why we do recount so much or even everything, to make sure that nothing has ever really happened, not once it's been told.

Javier Marías

People only get married when they've no other option, out of panic or desperation or so as not to lose someone they couldn't bear to lose. It's always the most conventional things that contain the largest measure of madness.

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Superstition is just another form of thought like any other, a form that accentuates and regulates the association of ideas, it's an exacerbation, an illness, but, in fact, all thought is sickness, which is why no one ever thinks too much, at least most people do their best not to.

Javier Marías

Javier Marías

Javier Marías

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Born: September 20, 1951

Died: September 11, 2022 (aged 70)

Bio: Javier Marías was a Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist. He was one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, and his work has been translated into 42 languages.

Known for:

The Infatuations (2012)
A Heart So White (1992)
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (1994)
Thus Bad Begins (2016)
Your Face Tomorrow Volume 1: Fever and Spear (2002)

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