The Spirit of Science Fiction Quotes

“She sighed wickedly. “I wasn’t even saying good-bye to him, but to his penis. Ten inches. I measured it myself with my mother’s measuring tape.”
“Shitshitshit. I’ll never let you come near me with a measuring tape.”
“I won’t, I swear.”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción

“Era como Marlene Dietrich cantando «La respuesta está en el viento» de Bob Dylan, ¿sabes?,”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia-ficción

“Era, por cierto, muy hermosa y en ocasiones incluso dolorosamente hermosa. (...) Se reía con ganas, abierta, feliz, y en la combinación del sonido y de sus gestos uno adivinaba sueños inquietantes, paranoias, ganas de vivir a todo trapo aunque terminara rasguñada y llena de magulladuras.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction

“To me, her smile is still the terminal smile of that other Mexico, a place sometimes revealed between the folds of a random dawn: part rabid will to live, part sacrifice stone.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Spirit of Science Fiction

“What a lovely young man,” said Estrellita. “And his darling balls are the color of gold.”
Jan laughed.
“It’s true,” I said.
“That means that he’s destined for greatness. Golden balls are the mark of a young man capable of . . . great deeds.”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción

“There are no rare texts. Wretched ones, to be sure, and luminous ones, but none of them rare.”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción

“The only thing an intellectual can do is watch things blow up, from a safe distance, of course.”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción

“Come on, can you imagine the Lone Ranger buying Silver at an auction? No, the Lone Ranger found Silver on the prairie. They found each other, and they hit it off. Same for Red Ryder. Only that ass Hopalong Cassidy would buy a new horse every year.”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción

“Si osservano per un istante, senza sorridere, come due piccoli piranha che nuotano in una camera a vuoto assoluto. Poi Jan disse:
«Mi piacerebbe leggere qualcosa di tuo».”
― Roberto Bolaño, El espíritu de la ciencia ficción