“Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin again.”

— Julio Cortázar · Courage quote

Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin again. — Julio Cortázar quote card
Novelist and short-story writer · 1914 – 1984

Argentine novelist and master of the short story, author of the experimental novel Hopscotch (1963) and story collections such as Blow-Up. A central figure of the Latin American Boom, he blended fantasy, play and everyday life.

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