To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.
Jorge Luis BorgesA writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.
Jorge Luis BorgesI am not sure of anything, I know nothing . . . can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my own death?
Jorge Luis BorgesI have no personal system of philosophy. I never attempt to do that. I am merely a man of letters.
Jorge Luis Borges