Lettori Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

“No hables a menos que puedas mejorar el silencio.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?

— Jorge Luis Borges

Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

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

“My memory, sir, is like a garbage disposal.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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