What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction?
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Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.Julio Cortazar
Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth.
Julio Cortazar
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
Julio Cortazar
Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
Julio Cortazar
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?
Julio Cortazar
Where are the beginnings, the endings, and most important, the middles.
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