The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it.
JORGE LUIS BORGESIt is clear that there is no classification of the Universe that is not arbitrary and full of conjectures. The reason for this is very simple: we do not know what kind of thing the universe is.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.
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Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
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I never reread what I’ve written. I’m far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I’ve done.
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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
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What I’m really concerned about is reaching one person. And that person may be myself for all I know.
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A writer should have another lifetime to see if he’s appreciated.
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Reality is not always probable, or likely.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.
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When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It’s the astonishment of being myself.
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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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A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love. He needs friendship. In fact, he needs the universe. To be a writer is, in a sense, to be a day-dreamer – to be living a kind of double life.
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The future is as irrevocable as an inflexible yesterday.
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I have committed the worst of sins one can commit. I have not been happy.
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