Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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 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...

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...

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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.

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...

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...

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...

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose...

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...

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...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...

The big-bang, novel ideas that often spring up in our mind in the silence under...

The big-bang, novel ideas that often spring up in our mind in the silence under...