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 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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

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...

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

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

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

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