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Hopscotch
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"Hopscotch" Quotes

A complex and innovative novel that invites readers to choose their own path through the narrative structure.

Quotes

I believe in the urgency of living. I believe in that still point where everything is possible.

Julio Cortázar

lifepossibilities

The only thing that matters is the struggle to remake life. Even love is a means to that end.

Julio Cortázar

lifelove

You have to live life, or life will end up living you.

Julio Cortázar

lifeself-reflection

The world is never just one world. It is always two worlds, at least.

Julio Cortázar

perceptionduality

All writing is garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try to put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs.

Julio Cortázar

writingexpression

To remember is to disfigure things, to embroider things, to transform a reality into a dream.

Julio Cortázar

memoryreality

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Julio Cortázar

lifechoices

The one who writes the story controls the story.

Julio Cortázar

writingnarrative

There is no greater mystery than the one we are, and the only thing we can do is be aware of it.

Julio Cortázar

mysteryself-awareness

The end is in the beginning, and lies far ahead.

Julio Cortázar

destinyfuture