Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Reality Quotes

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...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

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...

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.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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 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...

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,...

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

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

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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 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...