The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

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...

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 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...

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 original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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

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

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...

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...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.