“Sometimes a few birds, a horse, have saved the ruins of an amphitheater.”

“Things duplicate themselves in Tlön; they also tend to grow vague or ‘sketchy,’ and to lose detail when they begin to be forgotten. The classic example is the doorway that continued to exist so long as a certain beggar frequented it, but which was lost to sight when he died. Sometimes a few birds, a horse, have saved the ruins of an amphitheater.' - Jorge Luis Borges, 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.”

“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”

“Did you ever see an unhappy horse?Did you ever see a bird that had the blues?One reason why birds and hoses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”

“The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed to its ruin!”

“Wafted by a favouring galeAs one sometimes is in trances,To a height that few can scale,Save by long and weary dances”