We all have to die a bit every now and then and usually it's so gradual that we end up more alive than ever. Infinitely old and infinitely alive.
Interpretation
Embracing the inevitability of death can lead to a deeper appreciation for life.
Roberto Bolano's quote suggests that the process of dying, both metaphorically and literally, is an inherent part of existence. This gradual decline can be transformative, allowing us to appreciate life more fully. By accepting the cyclical nature of life and death, we can find a sense of aliveness that transcends the fear of mortality, embracing both the wisdom that comes with age and the vibrancy of living fully.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about living fully in the face of challenges.
Coincidence obeys no laws and if it does we don't know what they are. Coincidence, if you'll permit me the simile, is like the manifestation of God at every moment on our planet. A senseless God making senseless gestures at his senseless creatures. In that hurricane, in that osseous implosion, we find communion.
The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.
I'd obviously never heard of the group, but my ignorance in literary matters is to blame for that (every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me).
Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.
Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.
Being alone makes us stronger. Thatβs the honest truth. But itβs cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.
Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.
There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.
It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
O life! An age to the miserable, a moment to the happy.
[God] is perfect not only insofar as He is absolute perfection, defining perfection in Himself and from His singular existence and total perfection, but also because He is far beyond being so. He sets a boundary to the boundless and in His total unity He rises above all limitation. He is neither contained nor comprehended by anything. He reaches out to everything and beyond everything and does so with unfailing generosity and unstinted activity.
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