Every authentic poem is composed of many layers of meaning t... - Jorge Luis Borges

"Every authentic poem is composed of many layers of meaning that can be stripped away only by a process of rereading."

Jorge Luis Borges Literature

Novelist Poet Argentine 1899–1986

More from Jorge Luis Borges

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries."

"Writing long books is a laborious madness."

"Any life is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."