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You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's whims.

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
Even
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Places
Subjects
Whims
Risk
Whim
Running
Unlikely
Truth
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