"I wrote this book for myself, an even that I can't be sure of. For a lont time these were just loose pages I reread and maybe tinkered with, convinced I had...
"I wrote this book for myself, an even that I can't be sure of. For a lont time these were just loose pages I reread and maybe tinkered with, convinced I had no time. But time for what? I couldn't say exactly. I wrote this book for the ghosts, who, because they're outside of time, are the only ones with time. After the last rereading (just now), I realize that time isn't the only thing that matters, time isn't the only source of terror. Pleasure can be terrifying too, and so can courage."
Aus: Roberto Bolano: Antwerp. New York: New Directions 2010, p. ix
(Textbeitrag: Thomas Ballhausen)