We accept reality so readily – perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.
JORGE LUIS BORGESI 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.
More Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
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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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The dictionary is based on the hypothesis — obviously an unproven one — that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.
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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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Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining.
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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
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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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I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.
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There is nothing in the world that is not mysterious, but the mystery is more evident in certain things than in others: in the sea, in the eyes of the elders, in the color yellow, and in music.
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I have always come to life after coming to books.
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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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I have committed the worst of sins one can commit. I have not been happy.
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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.
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The original is unfaithful to the translation.
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In general, every country has the language it deserves.
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The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it.
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