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Roberto Bolaño - The Savage Detectives (1998)

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Being alone makes us stronger. That's the honest truth. But it's cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.

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Thus we interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation.

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You can woo a girl with a poem, but you can't hold onto her with a poem. Not even with a poetry movement.

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When I was done traveling I returned convinced of one thing: we're nothing.

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In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we're no more than castrated cats.

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Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.

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Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth, and charm.

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Roberto Bolaño

Roberto Bolaño
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Born: April 28, 1953
Died: July 15, 2003 (aged 50)
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