Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Writing Quotes

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.

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...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their...

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...

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

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

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.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

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

Reality is not always probable, or likely.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better...

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better...

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...