Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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...

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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...

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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 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...

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...

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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...

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the Greeks.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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...

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 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...

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 family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time...

The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time...

We always come back to our first love.

We always come back to our first love.

Work like you don't need the money, love like your heart has never been broken,...

Work like you don't need the money, love like your heart has never been broken,...