Andy Connell

“What will die with me the day I die? What pathetic or frail image will be lost to the world? The voice of Macedonio Fernandez, the image of a bay horse in a vacant lot on the corner of Sarrano and Charcas, a bar of sulfur in the drawer of a mahogany desk?”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories

“I prayed aloud, less to plead for divine favor than to intimidate the tribe with articulate speech.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories

“I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

“In Book VIII of the Odyssey we read that the gods weave misfortunes into the pattern of events to make a song for future generations to sing.
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Στην Όγδοη Ραψωδία της Οδύσσειας διαβάζουμε ότι οι θεοί κλώθουν τις συμφορές για να μη λείπουν από τις μελλούμενες γενιές θέματα για τραγούδια. (μτφ Δ. Καλοκύρης)”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Other Inquisitions, 1937-1952