Jorge Luis Borges

"I am just a reader among readers, nothing more and nothing less."

"My life has been a beautiful struggle with words and their meanings."

"Perhaps universal history is the history of the different intonations given a handful of metaphors."

"The thought that everything is predetermined does not diminish my sense of wonder."

"To be ignorant is not the same as being stupid."

"I have known uncertainty: a state unknown to the ancients."

"There is a concept that corrupts and upsets all others. I am not referring to evil, but to the infinite."

"The Argentine writer does not invent; he discovers."

"I think that most people are not prepared to face the concept of infinity."

"Mirrors and copulation are abominable, because they increase the number of men."

"The infinite has always threatened humanity with a kind of intellectual paralysis."

"An author should be loved, not known."

"Perhaps there is no greater mystery than beauty itself."

"I have spent my life discovering that the world contains every possible story."

"To be a poet is to be able to say the same thing in many different ways."

"A book that interests many readers is a small, forgotten masterpiece."

"I have always believed that hell is other people's expectations."

"The more I read, the more I understand that I know nothing."

"In my solitude, I have found the greatest companionship with books."

"Every writer creates his own precursors."

"The past is as real as the present, perhaps more so."

"I have learned that life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived."

"Buenos Aires is a city more European than many European cities."

"To understand something is to diminish it; understanding is the process of simplification."

"The labyrinth is a perfect symbol of human existence."

"Death has not made me bitter, but it has made me humble."

"I would rather be remembered for my questions than my answers."

"Language is the only tool capable of expressing the full depth of human experience."

"To love is to battle; to struggle for another is the highest form of courage."

"I believe that every man carries within him a secret life."