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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.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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 have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

When God made time, he made plenty of it

When God made time, he made plenty of it

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.