An Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century.. Argentine short-story writer essayist poet and translator
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. Go to Quote / Comment
It is known that Whistler when asked how long it took him to paint one of his "nocturnes" answered: "All of my life." With the same rigor he c... Go to Quote / Comment
Life and death have been lacking in my life. Go to Quote / Comment
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Go to Quote / Comment
Not a single star will be left in the night. The night will not be left. I will die and, with me, the weight of the intolerable universe. I shall erase the pyramids, the medallions, the continents and faces. I shall erase the accumulated past. I shall make dust of history, dust of dust. Now I am looking on the final sunset. I am hearing the last bird. I bequeath nothingness to no one. Go to Quote / Comment