Julio Cortazar

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

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?

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.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.