I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Solitude Quotes

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries...

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

I long for the day my Angel rests her head so delicately on her pillow....

I long for the day my Angel rests her head so delicately on her pillow....

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...