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

Topics: Immortality Quotes

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.

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.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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...

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.

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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

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

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...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays,...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

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...

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.

When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must...

When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must...

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and...

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...