I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

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.

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,...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

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.

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything.

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything.

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...