The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library. Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.
JORGE LUIS BORGESA system is nothing more than the subordination of all aspects of the universe to any one of such aspects.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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Then I reflect that all things happen, happen to one, precisely now. Century follows century, and things happen only in the present. There are countless men in the air, on land and at sea, and all that really happens happens to me.
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Each thing implies the universe.
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How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?
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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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No one is a poet from eight to twelve and from two to six. Whoever is a poet is one always, and continually assaulted by poetry.
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For me, beauty is a physical sensation, something we feel with our whole body. It is not the result of judgement. We do not arrive at it by way of rules. We either feel beauty or we don’t.
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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.
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We forget that we are all dead men conversing with dead men.
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I think of reading a book as no less an experience than travelling or falling in love.
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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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The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.
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Man’s memory shapes Its own Eden within.
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From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
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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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