Quotes by Adolfo Bioy Casares

About Adolfo Bioy Casares:

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, and wrote what many consider one of the best pieces of fantastic fiction, the novella The Invention of Morel.
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He believed he understood, for the first time, why people say life is a dream: if you live long enough, the events of a lifetime, like the events of a dream, cannot be communicated, simply because they are of no interest to anyone. Human beings thems...

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...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead.

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I thought I had made this discovery: that there are unexpected, constant repetitions in our behavior. The right combination of circumstances had enabled me to observe them. One seldom has the chance to be a clandestine witness of several talks betwee...

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I do not believe that a dream should necessarily be taken for reality, or reality for madness.

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And the reason I am so nervous is that everything I do now is leading me to one of three possible futures... Which one will it be? Time alone will tell. But still I know that writing this diary can perhaps provide the answer; it may even help produce...

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The influence of the future on the past," said Morel enthusiastically, almost inaudibly.

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I dreaded an invasion of ghosts or, less likely, an invasion of the police.

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His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.

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En los momentos más terribles de la vida solemos caer en una suerte de irresponsabilidad protectora y en vez de pensar en lo que nos ocurre dirigimos la atención a trivialidades.

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Author Bio

  • NameAdolfo Bioy Casares
  • DescriptionArgentine novelist
  • BornSeptember 15, 1914
  • DiedMarch 8, 1999
  • CountryArgentina
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter
  • WorksThe Invention Of Morel
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Miguel De Cervantes Prize