The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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.

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

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 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.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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.

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.

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

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.

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...

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...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.