The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight than those of the healthy. Then, too, all healthy people will in the future know disease. That sense of time, ah, the diseased manโs sense of time, what treasure hidden in a desert cave. Then, too the diseased truly bite, whereas the healthy pretend to bite but really only snap at the air. Then, too, then, too, then, too.
Roberto BolanoBeing alone makes us stronger. Thatโs the honest truth. But itโs cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.
Roberto BolanoIn some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we're no more than castrated cats
Roberto BolanoDrink up, boys, drink up and donโt worry, if we finish this bottle weโll go down and buy another one. Of course, it wonโt be the same as the one weโve got now, but itโll still be better than nothing. Ah, what a shame they donโt make Los Suicidas mezcal anymore, what a shame that time pases, donโt you think? what a shame that we die, and get old, and everything good goes galloping away from us.
Roberto Bolano