--- title: "1 Borges Quotes By Valeria Luiselli" description: "1 Borges quotes by Valeria Luiselli. Plus more from Valeria Luiselli and more Borges sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/valeria-luiselli-27018_borges_our-penultimate-lot-ladies-and-gentlemen_3047220.jpg" --- > [“Our penultimate lot, ladies and gentlemen, exudes an air of mystical melancholy. The tooth itself is crocodilian, but its aura is almost angelic. Note the curve; it is like a wing in ascent. Its owner, Mr. Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/our-penultimate-lot-ladies-and-gentlemen-exudes-an-air-of-mystical/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/valeria-luiselli-27018_borges_our-penultimate-lot-ladies-and-gentlemen_3047220.jpg) ## Other authors on Borges ## More by Valeria Luiselli > [“Genetics is a science full of gods, Mr. Sanchez.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/genetics-is-a-science-full-of-gods-mr-sanchez/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Some compare La Bestia to a demon, others to a kind of vacuum that sucks distracted riders down into its metal entrails. And when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/some-compare-la-bestia-to-a-demon-others-to-a-kind-of-vacuum-that/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“He fell into a solemn silence, which he only eventually broke to say, “I think I’ve become a terrible person. In fact, I’ve become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/he-fell-into-a-solemn-silence-which-he-only-eventually-broke-to-say-i/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [I learned to keep at a certain distance from things - and to make myself a little bit invisible while I observed and understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/i-learned-to-keep-at-a-certain-distance-from-things-and-to-make/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Writer and former Border Patrol officer Francisco Cantú has written poignantly about these death maps and all the “clearly marked ghosts” that dot the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/writer-and-former-border-patrol-officer-francisco-cant-has-written/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Because—how do you explain that it is never inspiration that drives you to tell a story, but rather a combination of anger and clarity?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/because-how-do-you-explain-that-it-is-never-inspiration-that-drives/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [Writers tend to think they occupy a much more relevant place in society than we actually do. But we really are closer to buffoons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/writers-tend-to-think-they-occupy-a-much-more-relevant-place-in/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Everyone says they're empty. Everyone says – vast and flat. Everyone – mesmerizing. Nabokov probably said somewhere – indomitable. But no one had ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/everyone-says-they-re-empty-everyone-says-vast-and-flat-everyone/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [I like reading the world through a writer's eyes, rather than seeing a writer looking at him or herself as if at the center…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/i-like-reading-the-world-through-a-writer-s-eyes-rather-than-seeing-a/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“I know I need to generate a structure full of holes so that I can always find a place for myself on the page,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/i-know-i-need-to-generate-a-structure-full-of-holes-so-that-i-can/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [Cities have often been compared to language: you can read a city, it's said, as you read a book. But the metaphor can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/cities-have-often-been-compared-to-language-you-can-read-a-city-it-s/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Perhaps it's right that words contain nothing, or almost nothing. That their content is, at the very least, variable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/perhaps-it-s-right-that-words-contain-nothing-or-almost-nothing-that/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Rapes: eighty percent of the women and girls who cross Mexico to get to the U.S. border are raped on the way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/rapes-eighty-percent-of-the-women-and-girls-who-cross-mexico-to-get/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“Before the immigration crisis was declared in the summer of 2014, minors seeking immigration relief were given approximately twelve months to find a lawyer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/before-the-immigration-crisis-was-declared-in-the-summer-of-2014/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) > [“And perhaps the only way to grant any justice—were that even possible—is by hearing and recording those stories over and over again so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valeria-luiselli/and-perhaps-the-only-way-to-grant-any-justice-were-that-even-possible/) [Valeria Luiselli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valeria-luiselli/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borges/valeria-luiselli/#itemlist", "name": "1 Borges Quotes By Valeria Luiselli", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our penultimate lot, ladies and gentlemen, exudes an air of mystical melancholy. 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