Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment-the moment in which a… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river;… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think esthetic schools are important. What is important is the use that is made of them, or whatever the individual… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The dictionary is based on the hypothesis -- obviously an unproven one -- that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
He constructed a vast labyrinthine of periods, made impassable by the piling-up of clauses upon clauses-clauses in which oversight and bad grammar… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The mathematical sciences wield their particular language made of digits and signs, no less subtle than any other. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The gods weave misfortunes for men, so that the generations to come will have something to sing about.” Mallarmé repeats, less beautifully,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
