Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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

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,...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

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...

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...

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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...

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...

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.