I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

Jorge Luis Borges
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I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.
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Your unforgivable sins do not allow you to see my splendor. ✨ Universal History of Infamy. Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1935.
Doubt is one of the names of intelligence. ✨ Diccionario privado de Jorge Luis Borges edited by Blas Matamoro, 1979.
A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face. ✨ Sean Kernan, Jorge Luis Borges (1999). Th … ▶
In the critic's vocabulary, the word precursor is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His wor … ▶
The machinery of the world is far too complex for the simplicity of men. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges (1964). Dreamtigers, p.50, University of Texas Press

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