Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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...

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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...

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.

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...

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 don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through...

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through...

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.