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).
Interpretation
The quote expresses the idea that there is an endless array of knowledge and literature to explore, emphasizing the importance of continual learning.
In this quote, Roberto Bolano reflects on his unawareness of a particular literary group, admitting that it stems from his own ignorance. He suggests that the world of literature is vast and filled with countless books waiting to be discovered, highlighting the notion that learning and reading should be lifelong pursuits. This sentiment serves as a reminder of the endless opportunities for growth and enrichment available through literature.
In practice
Use this quote to inspire students in a literature class to explore new authors and genres.
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.
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. That’s the honest truth. But it’s 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'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.
To ask the proper question is half of knowing.
English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self- education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.
Stop worrying about the 'dumbing down' of our language by bloggers, tweeters, cableheads and MSM thumbsuckers engaged in a 'race to the bottom' of the page by little minds confined to little words.
Everything we know, we learned from someone else!
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