Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes…

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Time Quotes

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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...

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 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.