Life itself is a quotation.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

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.

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...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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.

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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

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

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,...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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 known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

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