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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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...

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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 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.

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...

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.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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

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

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

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...

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.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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.

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.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.