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

Topics: Death Quotes

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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...

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.

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...