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

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Immortality Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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

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

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

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

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

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...

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 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...

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...