Borges Began

Famous quotes containing the words borges and/or began:

“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

“He slipped his hand and ran away!
He hadn’t gone a yard when—Bang!
With open jaws, a lion sprang,
And hungrily began to eat
The boy: beginning at his feet.”
—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)