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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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...

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.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

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,...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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.

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...

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...

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...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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

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

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 have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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

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...