Julio Cortazar Quotes

Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are.
Julio Cortazar

Dreams, Poetry, Before

Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
Julio Cortazar

Living, Possible, Break

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

Love, Everything, Eyes

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

Future, Live, Lost

And do you accept the idea that there is no explanation?
Julio Cortazar

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?
Julio Cortazar

Good, Help, Writer

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Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Writer

Born: August 26, 1914

Died: February 12, 1984

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