The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.
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.
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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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A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships
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I suppose identity depends on memory. And if my memory is blotted out, then I wonder if I exist – I mean, if I am the same person. Of course, I don’t have to solve that problem. It’s up to God, if any.
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The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.
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I think most people are more important than their opinions.
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Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.
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No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist.
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Time can’t be measured in days the way money is measured in pesos and centavos, because all pesos are equal, while every day, perhaps every hour, is different.
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If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father’s library.
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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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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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You may win your heart’s desire, but in the end you’re cheated of it by death.
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The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line.
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In Spanish it is very difficult to make things flow, because words are over-long. But in English, you have light words.
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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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