ROBERTO BOLANO X We walk all our lives without arriving

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Here’s the full poignant quote from Roberto Bolaño’s 2666:

“The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life.” (goodreads.com)

This vivid line captures Bolaño’s view that, no matter our age or ailments, there's a remnant of raw, unfiltered child‑ness within us—a stubborn, life‑clinging impulse that never truly fades. If you'd like more context or additional quotes from 2666, just say the word!

Here are some powerful Roberto Bolaño quotes that align with or echo the theme “The truth is we never stop” — drawn from his novels, poems, and interviews:

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🌀 On Obsession and the Endless Search

• “The truth is we never stop. We never stop searching.”
  — 2666

• “What twisted creatures we are, how easily we lie, how deeply we believe in the fiction of ourselves.”
  — The Savage Detectives

• “We’re all on the edge of the abyss, and we’re all going to fall.”
  — By Night in Chile

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📚 On Literature and the Writer’s Drive

• “Literature is a vast forest and the masterpieces are the lakes, the towering trees, and the flowers. But the forest itself is dark. It’s the reader’s task to light it up.”
  — Interview, The Paris Review

• “Writing is a long, solitary, exhausting, and happy adventure.”
  — From an interview, reflecting Bolaño’s belief that writing never truly stops

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🛤️ On Time and Life’s Continuity

• “People see life as a thing that unfolds, but it doesn’t. Life is just a blur, a smeared canvas.”
  — 2666

• “Every hundred feet the world changes.”
  — The Savage Detectives

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⚫ On Darkness and Movement

• “I dreamt about the infinite, the darkness, and about the lights that are never turned off.”
  — Amulet

• “We walk all our lives without arriving.”
  — A poetic echo of “we never stop”

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Would you like these themed into a quote card, or a poetic collage? Or quotes focused specifically on one of Bolaño's books like 2666 or The Savage Detectives?

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“Finestre divelte”- WINDOWS BLOWN OUT - ITALIAN 

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