Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

Biography: Jorge Luis Borges is known for his profound and imaginative contributi... more Biography: Jorge Luis Borges is known for his profound and imaginative contributions to literature, particularly in the genres of short stories, essays, and poetry. An Argentine writer, Borges explored themes of labyrinths, mirrors, and fictional worlds in works like "Ficciones" and "The Aleph". His literary style blends philosophy, mythology, and metaphysics, leaving a lasting impact on modern literature. less

"A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated""To live in a world without stories would be unbearable""Hell is the place where none of your dreams come true""I cannot imagine the universe without books""To die for a religion is easier than to live it""One concept corrupts and confuses the others""Blind to all fault, destiny can be ruthless at one's slightest distraction""The truth is that we live on a bottomless and shifting reality""Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be""I have committed the worst sin a man can commit: I have not been happy""The things one loves are an entire universe in themselves""Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone""The past is indestructible; sooner or later all things will return, including the plan to abolish the past""I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books""Writing is nothing more than a guided dream""There is no need to build a labyrinth when the entire universe is one""We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that nothing is real""The original is unfaithful to the translation""Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.""One is allowed to change the past, but only in the libraries."

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