I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all man’s diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astounding are his books… If books were to disappear, history would disappear. So would man.
JORGE LUIS BORGESNo 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.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.
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The future is as irrevocable as an inflexible yesterday.
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A writer should have another lifetime to see if he’s appreciated.
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What will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?
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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.
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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor.
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Time forks perpetually toward innumerable futures.
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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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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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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.
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Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.
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May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.
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I have always come to life after coming to books.
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