Quote #36

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb.

More from Jorge Luis Borges

  1. As I think of the many myths, there is one that is very harmful, and that is the myth of countries. I mean, why should I think of myself as…
  2. A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given…
  3. There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.
  4. Life itself is a quotation.
  5. The aesthetic event is something as evident, as immediate, as indefinable as love, the taste of fruit, of water. We feel poetry as we feel …
  6. Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the …
  7. 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 boo…
  8. Life and death have been lacking in my life.

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