Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their phantom condition; every act they execute may be their last; there is not a face that is not on the verge of dissolving like a…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

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.

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

But the waiting time, my brothers, Is the hardest time of all

But the waiting time, my brothers, Is the hardest time of all

Past and to come seems best; things present worst

Past and to come seems best; things present worst