We did meet forty years ago. At that time we were both influenced by Whitman and I said, jokingly in part, 'I don't think anything can be done in Spanish, do you?' Neruda agreed, but we decided it was too late for us to write our verse in English. We'd have to make the best of a second-rate literature.
Jorge Luis BorgesI foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left...
Jorge Luis BorgesHe was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.
Jorge Luis BorgesChang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.
Jorge Luis BorgesThe poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller then as well.
Jorge Luis Borges