Life itself is a quotation.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

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.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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

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

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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,...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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 am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.