Jorge Luis Borges

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.