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

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

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 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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.