Borges

Famous quotes containing the word borges:

    Every writer “creates” his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    Imprecision is tolerable and verisimilar in literature, because we always tend towards it in life.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    Perhaps universal history is the history of the diverse intonation of some metaphors.
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)