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.


Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (ed. New Directions Publishing, 1964) - ISBN: 9780811216999

Jorge Luis Borges Quotes

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible,...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible,...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible,...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible,...