Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

“There are official searchers, inquisitors. I have seen them in the performance of their function: they always arrive extremely tired from their journeys; they speak of a broken stairway which almost killed them; they talk with the librarian of galleries and stairs; sometimes they pick up the nearest volume and leaf through it, looking for infamous words. Obviously, no one expects to discover anything.”

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Work

The Library of Babel

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and literary critic. His works are known for their unique fantasy and philosophical thinking, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

You May Also Like

“W świecie zwierząt niezwykłe i wspaniałe jest to, że wszystko wiedzą, że nie potrzebują mówić... i wiedzą wszystko!... z daleka... dowiadują się z prędkością światła!... a my, z głowami pełnymi słów... przerażające, jak wiele sobie zadajemy trudu, aby jeszcze bardziej zagmatwać co tylko się da, aż głupiejemy od tego... bajdurzyć, ględzić, i nie posuwamy się ani o krok!... a tak się rusza tą głową... tak miele ozorem... do zrzygania!... i nic... i nic się nie zmienia... wszystko nam się wymyka, ucieka!...”

“But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.”