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Quotes About Existence

It was also possible that Villari was already dead, and then his life was a dream. That possibility disturbed him, because he couldn't quite figure out whether it felt like a relief or a misfortune; he told himself it was absurd, and he discarded it.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Yo soy el único espectador de esta calle; si dejara de verla se moriría
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Îmi imaginez Paradisul ca pe un fel de bibliotec?.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
I am pleased with defeat because it has occurred, because it is irrevocably united to all those events which are, which were, and which will be, because to censure or to deplore a single real occurrence is to blaspheme the universe.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river that carries me away, but I am the river
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Faptele grave se petrec în afara timpului, fie din pricin? c? trecutul imediat parc? se rupe de viitor, fie din pricin? c? p?rÈ›ile alc?tuitoare nu par s? se înl?nÈ›uiasc? firesc.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Me creo indigno del Infierno o de la Gloria, pero nada predigo.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Biri dedi ki: Sen uyan?kl??a deÄŸil, önceki bir düÅŸe uyanm??s?n.O düÅŸ bir baÅŸka düÅŸle sarmall?d?r, o da bir baÅŸkas?yla ve bu böyle sonsuza kadar gider, sonsuz da kum tanelerinin say?s?d?r. Geriye dönerken izlemen gereken yolun sonu yoktur ve sen bir daha gerçekten uyanmadan öleceksin.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Secili percaktohet pergjithnje ne nje cast te percaktuar te jetes dhe ky eshte casti kur ai gjendet perballe vetvetes.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
History adds that before or after he died, he discovered himself standing before God, and said to Him: I, who have been so many men in vain, wish to be one, to be myself. God's voice answered him out of a whirlwind: I, too, am not I; I dreamed the world as you, Shakespeare, dreamed your own work and among the forms of my dream are you, who like me are many, yet no one.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Dessa correta aplicação da lei da causalidade segue-se que o menor dos fatos pressupõe o inconcebível universo e, inversamente, que o universo necessita do menor dos fatos.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
No estoy seguro de que yo exista, en realidad. Soy todos los autores que he leído, toda la gente que he conocido, todas las mujeres que he amado. Todas las ciudades que he visitado, todos mis antepasados...».
~ Jorge Luís Borges
There is no human being on earth capable of declaring with certitude who he is.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
When I wake up, I wake up to something worse. It's the astonishment of being myself.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Mis sueños son como la vigilia de ustedes
~ Jorge Luís Borges
I don't want to continue being Jorge Luis Borges; I want to be someone else. I hope that my death will be total; I hope to die in body and soul.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
When the end draws near, there no longer remain any remembered images; only words remain.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Each moment we live exists, not the imaginary combination of these moments. A New Refutation of Time
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Mis libros (que no saben que yo existo) Son tan parte de mí como este rostro De sienes grises y de grises ojos Que vanamente busco en los cristales Y que recorro con la mano cóncava. No sin alguna lógica amargura Pienso que las palabras esenciales Que me expresan están en esas hojas Que no saben quién soy, no en las que he escrito. Mejor así. Las voces de los muertos Me dirán para siempre.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
No necesito hablar Ni mentir privilegios; Bien me conocen quienes aquí me rodean, Bien saben mis congojas y mi flaqueza. Eso es alcanzar lo más alto, Lo que tal vez nos dará el Cielo: No admiraciones ni victorias Sino sencillamente ser admitidos Como parte de una Realidad innegable, Como las piedras y los árboles.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
I shall be the other I am without knowing it.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Moartea (ori pomenirea ei) îi face pe oameni preÈ›ioÈ™i È™i patetici. ?i condiÈ›ia lor de fantome te impresioneaz?; orice fapt? pe care o s?vârÈ™esc ar putea s? fie ultima. Nu exist? chip care s? nu se risipeasc? precum chipurile din vis. Pentru muritori, totul se afl? sub pecetea irecuperabilului È™i întâmpl?torului.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
Kungs, mana atmi?a ir k? notekgr?vis.
~ Jorge Luís Borges
But again the world has been spared. Light romans the streets inventing dirty colours And with a certain remorse For my complicity in the day's rebirth I ask my house to exist
~ Jorge Luís Borges