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

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

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

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 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...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.