My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

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...

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 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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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 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...

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.

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth...

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.