To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
JORGE LUIS BORGES
JORGE LUIS BORGES
Jorge Luis Borges on fall in love
Jorge Luis Borges170 quotes“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.”
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Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry?
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Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges I have committed the worst of sins one can commit. I have not been happy.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest of a beloved isle, and the story of a god who allows himself to be crucified on Golgotha.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Only in the present do things happen.
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Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Thus my life is a flight and I lose everything and everything belongs to oblivion, or to him.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine all other worlds, in infinite number, to be its reward or punishment.
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