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Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Jorge Luis Borges quotes

Argentinian Poet, Writer August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986

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Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I can't sleep unless I'm surrounded by books."
I can't sleep unless I'm surrounded by books. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books."
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are..."
There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it. Jorge Luis Borges
Before unearthing this letter, I had questioned myself about the ways in which a book can be infinite. I could think of nothing other than a cyclic volume, a circular one. A book whose last page was identical with the first, a book which had the possibility of continuing indefinitely. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges
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. Jorge Luis Borges
Ah,' said the journalist, 'so the entire thing is your own invention. I thought it was true because you gave the name of the street.' I did not dare tell him that the naming of streets is not much of a feat. Jorge Luis Borges
I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so. Jorge Luis Borges
What man of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date from his past, that he has lost something infinite? Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Paradise will be a kind of library"
Paradise will be a kind of library Jorge Luis Borges
What will die with me the day I die? What pathetic or frail image will be lost to the world? The voice of Macedonio Fernandez, the image of a bay horse in a vacant lot on the corner of Sarrano and Charcas, a bar of sulfur in the drawer of a mahogany desk? Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not..."
When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. Jorge Luis Borges
Was it you that killed me, or did I kill you?" Abel answered. "I don't remember anymore; here we are, together, like before."Now I know that you have truly forgiven me," Cain said, "because forgetting is forgiving. I, too, will try to forget. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not..."
Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic. Jorge Luis Borges

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