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

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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

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

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...

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,...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...