Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Time Quotes

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

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 truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

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.

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

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...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

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.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

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

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

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

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...

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

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

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...