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

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

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.

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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.

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

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

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...