As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard. (...) You don't pick out the rain that soaks you to the skin when you come out of a concert.
Julio CortazarHappy was she who could believe without seeing, who was at one with the duration and continuity of life.
Julio CortazarShe would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.
Julio CortazarWhat most people call loving consists of picking out a woman and marrying her. They pick her out, I swear, Iโve seen them. As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard. They probably say that they pick her out because-they-love-her, I think itโs just the siteoppo. Beatrice wasnโt picked out, Juliet wasnโt picked out. You donโt pick out the rain that soaks you to a skin when you come out of a concert.
Julio Cortazar