Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions

Explore a curated collection of 6 quotes by Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

The thought came over me that never would one full and absolute moment, containing all the others, justify my life, that — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions
I reread these negative remarks and realize that I do not know whether music can despair of music or marble of marble. I — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions
He [Omar Khayyam] is an atheist, but knows how to interpret in orthodox style the most difficult passages of the Koran; — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions
We must not be too prodigal with our angels; they are the last divinities we harbor, and they might fly away. — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions
... in art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions. — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions
I think—the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a labyrinth with no center. — Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions