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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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.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

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

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

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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 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...

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...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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 have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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

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,...

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.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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 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...