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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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,...

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

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

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

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the...

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the...

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than...

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than...

I know that he knows I'm unfaithful and it kills him inside to know that...

I know that he knows I'm unfaithful and it kills him inside to know that...