Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry?
JORGE LUIS BORGESFor 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.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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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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When I feel I’m going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through. And I do what I can in order not to tamper with it.
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I saw a sunset in Queretaro that seemed to reflect the color of a rose in Bengal.
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Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.
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Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures.
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A writer should have another lifetime to see if he’s appreciated.
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I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.
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What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
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Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.
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From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
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Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
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Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.
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You can’t measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are all the same while every day is different and maybe every hour as well.
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How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?
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Life itself is a quotation.
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