I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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

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

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

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library......

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow