I am not sure of anything, I know nothing . . . can you imagine that I…

Jorge Luis Borges
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I am not sure of anything, I know nothing . . . can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my own death?
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This web of time--the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect or ignore eachother through the centuries--embrace every posibility. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1993). Ficciones, Everyman' … ▶
My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books I read. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (2013). Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations … ▶
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry … ▶
You can't measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are all the same while every day is different and maybe every hour as well.
Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future. ✨ Kafka and His Precursors (1951) (translation by James E. Irby)

I am not sure of anything, I know nothing . . . can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my own death?

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