Quotes from Roberto Bolaño, 2666

All names disappear. Children should be taught that in elementary school. But we're afraid to teach them.

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

Every hundred feet the world changes

You have to listen to women. You should never ignore a woman's fears.

No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance.

Nothing is ever behind us.