"Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."

--

Source : "Other Inquisitions". Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1952.

Jorge Luis Borges

#Life Quotes #Time Quotes #Fire Quotes

“The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.”
“The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out of this role. History demonstrates this time and again.”

Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
“Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.”
“It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll”
“I had been writing professionally since 1988”
“Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.”
“I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.”
“I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.”

You may also like:

Adolfo Bioy Casares
Writer
Ernesto Sabato
Writer
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Novelist
Juan Rulfo
Writer
Julio Cortazar
Novelist
Mario Benedetti
Journalist
Mario Vargas Llosa
Writer
Octavio Paz
Poet
Pablo Neruda
Senator of Chile