When you die of sorrow it's as if you've broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That's sorrow.
Interpretation
Sorrow can feel overwhelming and physically painful, akin to severe physical injuries.
In this quote, Roberto Bolaño vividly illustrates the profound impact of sorrow on a person, comparing it to the physical agony of broken bones and bruises. He conveys that the emotional suffering of sorrow can be so intense that it manifests in bodily sensations, emphasizing the weight of grief and loss that one feels when confronted with deep sadness.
In practice
During a speech at a memorial service to express the depth of loss felt by the community.
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. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.
My mother once told me I was like water. Water can carve its way even through stone. And when trapped, water makes a new path.
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
To some extent, 'The Wall' is asking the question, 'Do you want a voice? And if you do, you better bloody well go out and get it because it's not going to be handed to you on a plate.'
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead, to love people rather than pity them, to remember the submerged - well, one can't do all these things at once, worse luck, because they're so contradictory. It's then that proportion comes in - to live by proportion. Don't begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed.
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