To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

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Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

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

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

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

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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.

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...

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...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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...

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.

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...

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...

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget...

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the...

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the...