Dinner Quotes

“Every morning, and every night, I resolved to start a new life, but I always procrastinated, acquiescing to my ailing willpower. And Saturday at eleven o’clock at night was not the right moment to make important decisions.”
― César Aira, Dinner

“Like in a dream, everything seemed to be on the point of vanishing but at the same time ablaze with persistent reality.”
― César Aira, Dinner

“It was one of those cases in which the real is irreplaceable and not representable. Unfortunately for them, the real was also instantaneous and without future.”
― César Aira, Dinner

“At this stage of my life, I had reached the conclusion that I would never be the protagonist of any story. The only thing I could hope for was to make an appearance in somebody else’s.”
― César Aira, Dinner

“Her tone spoke less of nostalgia than reproach, of feelings long coveted and repeated whenever she had the chance.”
― César Aira, Dinner