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As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive.

Roberto Bolano

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Roberto Bolano
Age: 50 †
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Died: 2003
Died: July 16
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Santiago
Chile
Ay
Years
Cracks
Ravine
Time
Survive
Swallows
Illusion
Precipice
Except
Whip
Goes
Whips
Struggle
Endeavour
Human
Illusions
Humans
Crack

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