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Quote by Julio Cortazar

“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.”

Quote by Julio Cortazar

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Julio Cortázar, born on August 26, 1914, and died on February 12, 1984, was an influential Argentine novelist. Known for his unique narrative techniques and rich imagination, his works have had a profound impact on Latin American literature. more

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“(memory is) A strange echo, which stores its replicas according to some other acoustic than consciousness or expectation.”

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“Memory weaves and traps us at the same time according to a scheme in which we do not participate: we should never speak of our memory, for it is anything but ours; it works on its own terms, it assists us while deceiving us or perhaps deceives up to assist us.”

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“Now that I think about it, it seems to me that’s what Idiocy is: the ability to be enthusiastic all the time about anything you like, so that a drawing on the wall does not have to be diminished by the memory of the frescoes of Giotto in Padua.”

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“Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?”

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“I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy. I had been through Nick Carter, Horatio Alger, Bertha M. Clay and the whole slew of dime novelists in addition to some really constructive reading. I do not regret the trash. It has harmed me in no way. It was a help, because acquiring the reading habit early is the important thing. Taste and natural development will take care of the rest later on.”

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