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

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.

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...

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 central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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.

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.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

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

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...

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've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which...

I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which...

LIfe? LIfe? It's Death that makes life worth living for.

LIfe? LIfe? It's Death that makes life worth living for.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...