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

Topics: Solitude Quotes

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

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

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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.

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

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

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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 original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as...

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that...

If someone dares question the Administrations leadership or integrity, they drape a flag over the...

If someone dares question the Administrations leadership or integrity, they drape a flag over the...