I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don't have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions.
Interpretation
Dreams can influence our emotions and perceptions, often carrying darker undertones.
In this quote, Roberto Bolano reflects on the nature of dreams, suggesting that they are not merely benign or gentle, but can be harsh and troublesome, represented metaphorically by scorpions. This perspective prompts contemplation on the impact dreams and subconscious thoughts have on our waking life, highlighting the complexity of our inner experiences and the potential for anxiety within them.
In practice
In a literature class discussing the symbolism in Bolano's work.
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.
Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate use of force in a territory, might be among the biggest violence reduction techniques ever invented.
The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots, they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.
Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a thief.
A BUSINESSMAN cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, He suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. _x000D_ A bureaucrat, forces you to obey his decisions, whether you agree with him or not... If he makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; If he fails, He passes the loss on to you, in the form of heavier taxes.
Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry.
But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one. Men know him not, and to know not is to care not for.
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