Here are some of the most profound, poetic, and philosophical quotes by Jorge Luis Borges, the legendary Argentine writer, poet, and librarian known for his metaphysical explorations of time, identity, infinity, and literature itself:
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Top Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges
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On Time & Infinity
“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river.”
— A New Refutation of Time
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
“Eternity is a mysterious absence of time.”
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On Books, Stories & Writing
“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”
“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.”
“Literature is not exhaustible, for the sufficient and simple reason that a single book is not.”
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On Reality & Dreams
“I do not know which of us has written this page.”
(Theme of the Traitor and the Hero)
“We accept reality so readily—perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.”
“Life itself is a quotation.”
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On Identity & the Self
“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met.”
“A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains… Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face.”
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On Labyrinths & Mirrors
“I have always loved mirrors, they are so much like us.”
“The world is a labyrinth, and we are all lost.”
“Mirrors and copulation are abominable, because they multiply the number of men.”
— Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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On Death & the Infinite
“Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.”
“Death is a life lived. Life is a death that comes.”
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