Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Jorge Luis Borges 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.

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...

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.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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 original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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...

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...