Remember, too, that in literature you always lose, but the difference, the enormous difference, lies in losing while standing tall, with eyes open, not kneeling in a corner praying to Jude the Apostle with chattering teeth.
– Roberto Bolaño from Between Parentheses (trans. by Natasha Wimmer)
(Source: fuckyeahrobertobolano, via nthword)
Remember, too, that in literature you always lose, but the difference, the enormous difference, lies in losing while standing tall, with eyes open, not kneeling in a corner praying to Jude the Apostle with chattering teeth.
– Roberto Bolaño from Between Parentheses (trans. by Natasha Wimmer)
(Source: fuckyeahrobertobolano, via nthword)
Posted 7 months ago & Filed under Roberto Bolaño, Between Parantheses, lit, literature, losing, Jude the Apostle, 181 notes
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