More Quotes by Julio Cortázar
In quoting others, we cite ourselves.
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.
All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.
After the age of 50 we begin to die little by little in the deaths of others.
Come sleep with me: We won't make Love,Love will make us.
The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout.
She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.
I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.
Of all our feelings the only one which really doesn't belong to us is hope. Hope belongs to life, it's life itself defending itself. Etcetera.
