Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. Jorge Luis Borges artoralpoetry Change image and share on social
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. Jorge Luis Borges createfallfallible Change image and share on social
The central problem of novel-writing is causality. Jorge Luis Borges causalitycentralproblem Change image and share on social
There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. Jorge Luis Borges conceptcorruptdestroyer Change image and share on social
The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things. Jorge Luis Borges deepimmortallive Change image and share on social
My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. Jorge Luis Borges carrydifficultessentially Change image and share on social
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. Jorge Luis Borges carryconsumedevour share on social
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. Jorge Luis Borges buildsandstone Change image and share on social
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. Jorge Luis Borges abominationbanditday Change image and share on social