"Great fiction has been written out of the very darkest circumstances of our narco violence, and nothing written in either fiction or nonfiction has penetrated that darkness so memorably - you can even say beautifully, a relentless riveting forensic dark beauty that some readers in fact find themselves unable to endure - as Roberto BolaÃ±o's 2666. Especially in "The Part about the Crimes." But here's the thing: nobody would call 2666 a "narco novel.""

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Francisco Goldman

#Dark Quotes #Violence Quotes #Crime Quotes

“The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.”
“In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.”

Source : "A Conversation With Michelle Bachelet". www.cfr.org. September 25, 2008.
“When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.”
“It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.”
“If above all things we would taste God, and feel eternal life in ourselves, we must go forth into God with our feeling, above reason; and there we must abide, onefold, empty of ourselves, and free from images, lifted up by love into the simple bareness of our intelligence.”

Source : John of Ruysbroeck, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage”, p.132, Aeterna Press
“The economic and technological changes are real, but I just can't bring myself to wax apocalyptic about the future of books.”
“Most people think they KNOW the answer. I am willing to ADMIT I don't even know the question.”
“If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out.”

Source : "Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on Paul". Interview with Jessica Johnson, www.timeout.com. March 16, 2011.

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