Roberto Bolano Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 28, 1953 - July 15, 2003
Birthday: April 28
Death: July 15
Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the inhabitants were bored and more or less happy, but where the weight of illusion was so great that the island sank a little deeper into the river every day. And the island of the future, where the only time was the future, and the inhabitants were planners and strivers, such strivers, said Ulises, that they were likely to end up devouring one another.
topic: Past, Two, Rivers, Strivers
