Everything can be killed except nostalgia for the kingdom, we carry it in the color of our eyes, in every love affair, in everything that deeply torments and unties and tricks.
Julio CortazarAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: argentinian
- Born: August 26, 1914
- Died: February 12, 1984
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