Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the infinite knowledge and experiences available through reading books.
Roberto Bolano's quote reflects the endless possibilities and perspectives that books offer to readers. It suggests that each book holds a unique world of knowledge and stories, eagerly waiting to be explored by those willing to engage with them. The statement speaks to the pursuit of education and self-discovery that reading can facilitate, highlighting the profound impact of literature on personal growth.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of literacy, one might say, 'Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.'
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).
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.
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.
When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'
As Bromberger observed, rules are understood to be elements of the computational systems that determine the sound and meaning of the infinite array of expressions of a language; the information so derived is accessed by other systems in language use.
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
If you wish to learn swimming you have to go into the water and if you wish to become a problem solver you have to solve problems.
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