A poet is a discoverer rather than an inventor.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe minotaur more than justifies the existence of the labyrinth.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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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.
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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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Reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but hypotheses may not.
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Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.
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How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?
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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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I ask of any God, of any gods, that if they give immortality, I hope to be granted oblivion also.
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A system is nothing more than the subordination of all aspects of the universe to any one of such aspects.
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I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.
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A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face.
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In my next life I will try to commit more errors.
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The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
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Reality is not always probable, or likely.
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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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When you come right down to it, opinions are the most superficial things about anyone.
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