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The Book of Imaginary Beings QUOTES

The Book of Imaginary Beings QUOTES

1 " We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

2 " We are ignorant of the meaning of the dragon in the same way that we are ignorant of the meaning of the universe; but there is something in the dragon’s image that fits man’s imagination, and this accounts for the dragon’s appearance in different places and periods. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

3 " The famed author Robert Lewis Stevenson declared that he'd trained his Brownies to be writers. As he slept, they would whisper fantastic plots in his ear -- for example, the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and the diabolical Mr. Hyde, and that episode in "Olalla" when a young man from an old Spanish family bites his sister's hand. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

4 " As we all know, there is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

5 " Danten kommentaattori Tomaso Casini muistuttaa tässä yhteydessä toscanalaisesta legendasta, jonka mukaan Herra rankaisi Kainia vangitsemalla tämän kuuhun ja määräten tämän kantamaan piikkistä risukimppua aina päivien loppuun saakka. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

6 " A necessary monster. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

7 " Chang 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 Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

8 " Voiko se kuolla? Kaikella, mikä kuolee, on ollut jonkinlainen päämäärä, jonkinlainen työ, joka on raastanut sen rikki- "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

9 " Akheronin sisuksissa on kyyneliä, hammasten kiristystä, utua, tulta, sietämätöntä poltetta, jäätävää kylmyyttä, koiria, karhuja, leijonia ja käärmeitä. Tässä legendassa helvetti on eläin, jonka sisällä on muita eläimiä. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings

10 " The evening was at once intimate and infinite. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , The Book of Imaginary Beings