I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may continue to live in some other manner after my physical death.... Or, as Hamlet wonders, what dreams will come…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Death Quotes

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.

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...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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 known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

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.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any...

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any...

There is nothing better for the spirit or the body than a love affair. It...

There is nothing better for the spirit or the body than a love affair. It...

I speak not of men's creeds - they rest between Man and his Maker.

I speak not of men's creeds - they rest between Man and his Maker.