Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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,...

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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 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 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.